for very shame's sake

English

Adverb

for very shame's sake

1. Alternative form of for shame's sake (“Owing to a sense of shame”)
   • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, →OCLC, page 22:

     For very shame’s sake I could hold out no longer,—and with a determined effort I broke the extraordinary dumb spell that had held me like a coward in silent hiding, and came forward boldly to confront my visitor.