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ʃaÉĒ
shai
/ʃaÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shy"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϞāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ•, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ

nervous and uncomfortable around other people
shy definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite her shy nature, she stepped up to lead the team.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϏ⧇ āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ•, āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ

having a nervous or timid behavior or temperament, often resulting in avoidance or retreat from human or environmental interactions
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āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ, āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

missing a small amount needed to reach a specific total or target
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her test score was shy of passing by only a couple of points.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to throw something at a target, often suddenly or with force
Transitive: to shy sth somewhere
to shy definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She shied a stone across the pond, creating ripples on the water's surface.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āϜāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āĻĸ⧇āω āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž

to startle or suddenly move away from something or someone, often due to fear, timidity, or a desire to avoid contact or attention
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The deer shied at the sound of footsteps, disappearing into the forest with graceful bounds.
āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āĻšāϰāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ­ā§€āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϛ⧋āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

a quick throw

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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