Definition of "abashedly"

George, at length, came forward abashedly toward him, and said, — "I have been greatly to blame, Robert, and am very sorry for what I have done.

1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner‎, page 36

meanwhile, no cash. Finally, Nichan asked me abashedly if perhaps I would lend him a few hundred rubles.

1956, Langston Hughes, I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey‎, page 156

At the punchline, Moshe snorts in laughter, then abashedly suppresses the smile. Does a self-deprecating sense of humor—a comedic trope owned by the Jews—make the Nazi more human?

2018 October 8, “The Banality of the Eichmann Trial”, in Tablet Magazine