People and roles
Synonyms for sheepishly
The synonym for sheepishly recorded in this bank is shamefacedly, in the sense "in a manner showing embarrassment at having done something wrong". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for sheepishly
- shamefacedlyadverb, in the sense "in a manner showing embarrassment at having done something wrong"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day sheepishly is audited in a second meaning.
in a manner showing embarrassment at having done something wrong
He sheepishly admitted he'd forgotten her birthday again.
The true synonym
shamefacedly
Same sentence, swapped: He shamefacedly admitted he'd forgotten her birthday again.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- proudly
- confidently
- boastfully
Where sheepishly turns up in the game
sheepishly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play sheepishly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so sheepishly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from people and roles at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. sheepishly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.