Definition of blushing
: marked by blushes her blushing cheeks —often used conventionally to suggest (sometimes ironically) an appearance of youthful innocence the blushing bride
blushingly
adverb The presumptuous child blushingly protested she had never expressed any such wish to Peter … — Henry JamesRead the Latest from M-W
1609
First Known Use of blushing
1609
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