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Shy

adjective

(compar. shyer; superl. shyest)

Lacking self-confidence. Synonyms: diffident, timid, unsure. "Problems that call for bold not timid responses" , "A very unsure young man"

Short.

Wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things.

verb

(past & past part. shied; pres. part. shying)

Start suddenly, as from fright.

Throw quickly.

noun

A quick throw.

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"Shy" Quotes from Famous Books

... usual drawbacks of African travel. As the river pools were the only drinking-places for birds and game, the gun supplied not only my own party, but I had much to give away to the Arabs in exchange for goat's milk, the meal of the dome nuts, &c. Gazelles were exceedingly numerous, but shy, and so difficult to approach that they required most careful stalking. At this season of intense heat they drank twice a day—at about an hour after sunrise, and half an hour ...

— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker

... they were strangely shy in making their presence known. Rod after rod the hoys advanced, careful not to show themselves, making their casts with greatest caution, and keeping as quiet as possible. But no fish so much as smelled their bait. Again and again they let their hooks float down into promising ...

— The Young Wireless Operator--As a Fire Patrol - The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol • Lewis E. Theiss

... that day, they fell in with a small party of Bushmen; they were shy at first, but one or two of the women at last approached, and receiving some presents of snuff and tobacco, the others soon joined; and as they understood from Omrah and the Hottentots that they were to hunt ...

— The Mission • Frederick Marryat

... was obliged to him for his friendship, in seeking to promote him to the command of a vessel which he himself had worn out in the service; but that, notwithstanding, he should be content to take charge of her, though he could not help being shy of coming after such ...

— The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I • Tobias Smollett

... visitor. He saw a young man with very fair hair, a narrow forehead, watery blue eyes and a weak, dissipated face. Walter Hine was dressed in a cheap suit of tweed much the worse for wear, and he entered the room with the sullen timidity of the very shy. Moreover, he was a little unsteady as he walked, as though he had not yet ...

— Running Water • A. E. W. Mason

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