guiltily

English

Etymology

guilty +‎ -ly

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪltˌɪli/ (UK)
  • Rhymes: -ɪli

Adverb

guiltily (comparative more guiltily, superlative most guiltily)

  1. In a guilty manner; as if guilty.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 262:
      Guiltily, from time to time, she took swift inquiring looks at Mina, who was dressed more carefully, and had fresh plaited her hair.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 156:
      He was guiltily aware now that he had kept Podson in the dark about the state of his finances to secure that extra fortnight's painting.
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