SHY
\ʃˈa͡ɪ], \ʃˈaɪ], \ʃ_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of SHY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
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wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers"
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throw quickly
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short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"
By Princeton University
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lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
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wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers"
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throw quickly
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(informal) short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.
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Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
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Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
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Cautious; wary; suspicious.
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To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
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A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
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A side throw; a throw; a fling.
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To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; - said especially of horses.
By Oddity Software
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Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.
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Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
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Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
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Cautious; wary; suspicious.
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To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
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A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
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A side throw; a throw; a fling.
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To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; - said especially of horses.
By Noah Webster.
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Timid; bashful; cautious; suspicious.
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To start aside from fear: said of horses.
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To throw aside with a jerk; fling.
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The act of starting aside from fear; a side throw.
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Shyly.
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Shyness.
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Shyer.
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Shyest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Shyness.
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To start suddenly aside, as a horse.
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To sling; fling.
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Easily frightened; timorous; coy.
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Circumspect; wary.
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Shyly, shily.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
