ad. 窘迫地,不好意思地

[ adv ]
in a sheepish manner
<adv.all>
sheepishly he handed her back the money

Sheepish \Sheep"ish\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.]

2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly
diffident; timorous to excess.

Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes
abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature.
--Locke.
※ -- {Sheep"ish*ly}, adv. --
{Sheep"ish*ness}, n.