verecunde

vĕrēcundē, adv., v. verecundus, II. α.

verēcundē, Adv. (verecundus), schüchtern, blöde, sittsam, bescheiden, tum ille timide vel potius verecunde... inquit, Cic.: tueri (eas) haud secus verecunde ac modeste quam hospitum coniuges ac matres iussit, Liv.: verecundius hac de re iam dudum loquor, Cic.: verecundius ad prandium invitavit, Amm.

verecunde [CL] 1 in a manner that shows restraint by humility, delicacy, moral scruple, sense of propriety, discretion, or sim., modestly. dux vero contra relegiose suassit quod vir Dei ~e negavit Alcuin WillP 6; cum ‥ et libenter et ~e plenius concessissem quod prius quoque faciebam Anselm (Ep. 21) III 128; istud verbum a Domino factum est ad me ‥ ~e autem ‘ad Osee’ dicit et non ‘ad me’ (Andr. S. Vict. Super duodecim prophetas) CC cont. med. LIIIG 7; omnia ‥ hec virgo prudentissima ‥ ~e tacuit Ailr. Jes. I 9; humiliter, ~e, timide, suaviter, cum ratio postulaverit (Ailr. Serm.) CC cont. med. IIB 73. 2 a in a manner that brings shame, shamefully. b in a manner that shows shame, with embarrassment, shamefacedly. a ~ius ‥ tunc mentiebantur quam postea Gir. Invect. IV 3.  b revelat ~e quem impudenter commiserat excessum Mir. Fridesw. 46; Chnutus ‥ audiente corona dixit: “Edmunde, stricte nimis anhelas”. ille rubore suffusus ~e tacuit Map NC V 4 f. 61v.

vĕrēcundē (14) (verecundus), avec retenue, avec réserve, avec discrétion, avec pudeur : Cic. Br. 87 ; Opt. 4 ; verecundius Cic. de Or. 1, 171 ; Fam. 5, 12, 8.

verēcundē adv.with comp.

• verecundus, shamefastly, bashfully, shyly, modestly: id facere: tueri (matronas), L.: verecundius hac de re loquor.