āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
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āϞāĻžāĻā§āĻ, āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻā§āϰāϏā§āϤ
nervous and uncomfortable around other people
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite her shy nature, she stepped up to lead the team.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻŦ āϏāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§āĻ, āϏ⧠āĻĻāϞāĻā§ āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āϞāĻžāĻā§āĻ, āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖ
having a nervous or timid behavior or temperament, often resulting in avoidance or retreat from human or environmental interactions
03
āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦ, āĻ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ
missing a small amount needed to reach a specific total or target
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her test score was shy of passing by only a couple of points.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϏā§āĻ āϏā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻĒāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
to shy
01
āύāĻŋāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āϞāĻž
to throw something at a target, often suddenly or with force
Transitive: to shy sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She shied a stone across the pond, creating ripples on the water's surface.
āϏ⧠āĻĒā§āĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāϞā§āϰ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ ā§ āĻĸā§āĻ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŽāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞāĻž
to startle or suddenly move away from something or someone, often due to fear, timidity, or a desire to avoid contact or attention
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The deer shied at the sound of footsteps, disappearing into the forest with graceful bounds.
āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļā§āύ⧠āĻšāϰāĻŋāĻŖ āĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞ, āĻŽāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āϞāĻžāĻĢ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāύ⧠āĻ
āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
01
āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ, āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
a quick throw
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
shyly
shyness
shy
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