guiltily

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɡɪltəli/ UK /ˈɡɪltɪli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a manner showing awareness of wrongdoing

She glanced guiltily at the empty cookie jar.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a manner showing... sheepishlyshamefacedlyremorsefullycontritelyashamedly

Opposites

innocently guiltlesslyshamelessly

Word family

Related forms guilt guilty guiltiness

Etymology

From guilty (from Old English gyltig, from gylt 'crime, sin') + the adverbial suffix -ly.

gylt Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# guiltily

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡɪltəli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɪltɪli/

## Meanings
1. in a manner showing awareness of wrongdoing

## Examples
- She glanced guiltily at the empty cookie jar.

## Synonyms
- sheepishly
- shamefacedly
- remorsefully
- contritely
- ashamedly

## Antonyms
- innocently
- guiltlessly
- shamelessly

## Related Forms
- guilt
- guilty
- guiltiness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gylt

## Etymology
From guilty (from Old English gyltig, from gylt 'crime, sin') + the adverbial suffix -ly.

## AI Etymology
guiltily comes from guilty (from Old English gyltig, from gylt 'crime, sin') + the adverbial suffix -ly. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adverb sense is "in a manner showing awareness of wrongdoing", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as guilt, guilty, and guiltiness. Its semantic neighborhood includes sheepishly, shamefacedly, remorsefully, and contritely, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English gylt.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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