"sheepishly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From sheepish + -ly.",
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          "ref": "2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "Renton’s big mistake is sheepishly to offer Sick Boy his stolen share 20 years on: £4,000 in a crumpled brown envelope. “What am I supposed to buy with that?” rages Sick Boy bitterly later. “A time machine?”",
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        "In a sheepish way; meekly; self-consciously; with embarrassment."
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          "self-consciously"
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          "sense": "meekly",
          "word": "abashedly"
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          "sense": "meekly",
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          "sense": "meekly",
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          "sense": "meekly",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a sheepish way",
          "word": "lammasmaisesti"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in a sheepish way",
          "word": "z zakłopotaniem"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zastenčivo",
          "sense": "in a sheepish way",
          "word": "застенчиво"
        }
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      "sense": "meekly",
      "word": "abashedly"
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    {
      "sense": "meekly",
      "word": "self-consciously"
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      "sense": "meekly",
      "word": "shyly"
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      "sense": "meekly",
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    },
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      "sense": "meekly",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a sheepish way",
      "word": "lammasmaisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a sheepish way",
      "word": "z zakłopotaniem"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "zastenčivo",
      "sense": "in a sheepish way",
      "word": "застенчиво"
    }
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