0 in a way that is embarrassed because you have done something wrong or silly:
He stared at the ground sheepishly, clearly out of his comfort zone.
My waitress was sheepishly apologetic, and offered to fix the problem immediately.
A spokesman sheepishly explained the reason for the company's abrupt change of heart.
Thirty-two years later he sheepishly admitted to me that he had been mistaken.
Somewhat sheepishly he confessed that his research student must have tabled it.
This tax is collected and calculated passively and sheepishly by the managers and handed over.
He was not quite so popular later, when he sheepishly announced the compensation.
When the child returns, he or she may return unwillingly or sheepishly.
