in a shamefaced manner; "quarrels and dissensions ensued among the cast, most of whom hurriedly and shamefacedly handed over their parts to understudies
If you are shamefaced, you feel embarrassed because you have done something that you know you should not have done. There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced. if someone is shamefaced, they look and feel ashamed because they have done something wrong or they have behaved badly