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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a guilty manner.

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  • adverb In a guilty manner.

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  • adverb In a guilty manner; as if guilty

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  • adverb in the manner of someone who has committed an offense

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Examples

  • The last time we did this, Sage was not even a year old, and it wasn't so bad (Nikki and I only gave in guiltily during a local flight from New York to Las Vegas and gave Sage sleep-inducing medicine).

    Archive 2004-09-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • The last time we did this, Sage was not even a year old, and it wasn't so bad (Nikki and I only gave in guiltily during a local flight from New York to Las Vegas and gave Sage sleep-inducing medicine).

    visa denied & seven bad words Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • Described as "guiltily enticing," "an erotically charged yet gentle growing up film," and "a competent and beautiful first feature by a new major talent," Alexandra's ethereal film was recently awarded Best Cinematography at the Brooklyn Film Festival Awards.

    Mary Kincaid: Vintage Crusader Spotlight: An Interview with Alexandra Roxo, Director of Mary Marie Mary Kincaid 2011

  • Described as "guiltily enticing," "an erotically charged yet gentle growing up film," and "a competent and beautiful first feature by a new major talent," Alexandra's ethereal film was recently awarded Best Cinematography at the Brooklyn Film Festival Awards.

    Mary Kincaid: Vintage Crusader Spotlight: An Interview with Alexandra Roxo, Director of Mary Marie Mary Kincaid 2011

  • Described as "guiltily enticing," "an erotically charged yet gentle growing up film," and "a competent and beautiful first feature by a new major talent," Alexandra's ethereal film was recently awarded Best Cinematography at the Brooklyn Film Festival Awards.

    Mary Kincaid: Vintage Crusader Spotlight: An Interview with Alexandra Roxo, Director of Mary Marie Mary Kincaid 2011

  • "I am going to be sick," she heard Dylan enunciate crisply behind her, and recalled guiltily that Dylan wasn't terribly good with heights.

    The Warslayer Edghill, Rosemary 2002

  • She wanted to tell him about her little jaunt to the police station but then recalled guiltily that he had asked her to keep her story to herself.

    The Silent Cradle Cuthbert, Margaret 1998

  • I'd picked this one up at the airport and had been enjoying tooling around the Boston suburbs with my grandchildren, conscientiously remembering to strap them in, while recalling guiltily how my own children would roll around in the back of a station wagon.

    Murder Crossed Boylan, Eleanor 1996

  • Described as "guiltily enticing," "an erotically charged yet gentle growing up film," and "a competent and beautiful first feature by a new major talent," Alexandra's ethereal film was recently awarded Best Cinematography at the Brooklyn Film Festival Awards.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mary Kincaid 2011

  • Sometimes I guiltily cruise YouTube, watching videos about successful and unsuccessful separations.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Heather McDougal 2009

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