noun

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An act of throwing.

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A place for throwing.

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coconut shy

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A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

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In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

verb

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To avoid due to timidness or caution.

example

I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand.

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To jump back in fear.

example

The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse.

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To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling

example

shy a slipper

adjective

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Easily frightened; timid.

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Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

example

He is very shy with strangers.

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Cautious; wary; suspicious.

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Short, insufficient or less than.

example

By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount.

definition

Embarrassed.

Examples of shy in a Sentence

You weren't so shy the other night.

She asked with a shy smile.

This was no time to get shy on him.

Keaton was a strange combination... sometimes shy, sometimes bold.

What he did have was a shy smile that warmed the heart.

Was he shy, or was he simply a casual type of person?

How can you be shy after being married so long?

He missed the small girl and her shy smile a hundred times a day.

The boy complied, with a shy smile, and the group studied the notebook together.

Carmen was shy about the strangest things.

Shy plants should be given gentle bottom heat to induce growth, which should be gently hardened by exposure under cooler conditions.

Don't be shy about asking a lot of questions!

The supply of some of the most valuable, such as sable, silver and natural black fox, sea otter and ermine, which are all taken from animals of a more or less shy nature, does very gradually decrease with persistent hunting and the encroachment of man upon the districts where they live, but the climate of these vast regions is so cold and inhospitable that the probabilities of man ever permanently inhabiting them in numbers sufficient to scare away or exterminate the fur-bearing wild animals is unlikely.

She gave me a kiss and then ran away, because she was a shy little girl.

The idea that a woman as poised as she was could be shy was amusing.

The blackbird is of a shy and restless disposition, courting concealment, and rarely seen in flocks, or otherwise than singly or in pairs, and taking flight when startled with a sharp shrill cry.

It is exceedingly shy, and this, together with its extraordinary agility, renders it difficult to capture.

They were manifestly thieves, and I had not much respect for them; but the squirrels, though at first shy, went to work as if they were taking what was their own.

Must be a shy one.

Aaron offered a hand to Carmen, his gaze meeting hers in a shy way and then slipping away as he gave a canned salutation.

He's your husband, and if you're shy, he's going to feel uncomfortable – unsure.

This species inhabits forests, and ascends hills to considerable elevations; it is shy and timid, but easily tamed even when adult.

But his shy, proud nature was not fitted to gain patients, and the Leipzig doctors would not recommend one who was not a Leipzig graduate.

Her blush brought a shy smile to his lips.

In Louisiana diffusion is successfully worked on two or three large estates; but the general body of planters are shy of using it, although there is no lack of water, the Mississippi being near at hand.

Of the various other genera allied to Mimus, the best known are the thrashers (genus Harporhynchus) of which six or eight species are found in North America, which are thrush-like and shy in their habits and do not mimic; and the cat-bird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis), which in addition to having an attractive song, utters clucks, whistles and mewing sounds.

The defects which cause gardeners to speak of certain vines as " shy setters," and of certain strawberries as " blind," may be due either to unsuitable conditions of external temperature, or to the non-accomplishment, from some cause or other, of cross-fertilization.

Ferdinand was by temperament melancholy, shy and distrustful of his own abilities.

They are a shy, harmless, simple folk, living chiefly by hunting; they lime birds, catch fish by poisoning the water, and are skilled in getting wild honey; they have bows with iron-pointed arrows and breed hunting dogs.

Then he pushed his shy pregnant companion forward a step.

As they are shy with all fishes apart from other dwarf gouramis, their tank mates should be gentle and sedate.

Noiselessly, skillfully stepping with his little feet in low shoes, Iogel flew first across the hall with Natasha, who, though shy, went on carefully executing her steps.

It was decided that the count must not go, but that if Louisa Ivanovna (Madame Schoss) would go with them, the young ladies might go to the Melyukovs', Sonya, generally so timid and shy, more urgently than anyone begging Louisa Ivanovna not to refuse.

Malasha looked down from the oven with shy delight at the faces, uniforms, and decorations of the generals, who one after another came into the room and sat down on the broad benches in the corner under the icons.

And Natasha, embracing her, began kissing her face and hands, making Princess Mary feel shy but happy by this demonstration of her feelings.

But remembering her relations with Nicholas in Voronezh she was shy about doing so.

If you don't see them, don't be shy about asking if they have a sample of the cat treats that they carry.

If you're shy about wearing a Brazilian bikini bottom, wait until you see a micro thong bikini bottom.

Accept that even if you're shy, you can still start conversations and hold you own even with the most outgoing and cheerful people.

A lot of guys are obvious when they flirt, while others are quite shy.

Some useful dating tips for shy guys can make the difference between a missed opportunity and the romance of a lifetime.

Take your intended's preferences into consideration when making any elaborate plans.For example, if she is shy, she may not appreciate a public display while you are proposing.

If she is a bit shy, you might want to forgo a public proposal.

In fact, Taurus women are often rather shy and quiet.

Tammy half skipped and hopped down the hall, throwing a shy smile over her shoulder at Lisa before disappearing into a doorway.

Little Tammy was so shy and inquisitive.

The child was shy, but seemed excited in a subdued way by the new surroundings.

He was one of the only people who didn't shy away from her or treat her like she was a leper.

The full lips curved into a shy smile as she stepped eagerly forward to meet him.

He nodded with a shy smile she had never seen on him.

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