guiltily
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Idioms, Encyclopedia.
guilt·y
(gĭl′tē)adj. guilt·i·er, guilt·i·est
1.
a. Responsible for a reprehensible act; culpable.
b. Law Found to have violated a criminal law by a jury or judge.
c. Deserving blame, as for an error: guilty of misjudgment.
2. Suffering from or prompted by a sense of guilt: a guilty conscience.
3. Suggesting or entailing guilt: a guilty smirk; a guilty secret.
guilt′i·ly adv.
guilt′i·ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
| Adv. | 1. | guiltily - in the manner of someone who has committed an offense; "she blushed guiltily as she spoke" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
TranslationsSelect a language:
Spanish / Español
guiltily
[ˈgɪltɪlɪ] ADV (= feeling guilty) → sintiéndose culpable, con sentimiento de culpabilidad; (= looking guilty) → con aire de culpabilidadCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
guilt
(gilt) noun1. a sense of shame. a feeling of guilt.culpa, culpabilidad
2. the state of having done wrong. Fingerprints proved the murderer's guilt.culpa, culpabilidad
ˈguilty adjectiveˈguiltiness nounˈguiltily adverbHe looked at his mother guiltily. con aire de culpabilidad
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.