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  • 21shy — shy1 [ ʃaı ] adjective * 1. ) nervous and embarrassed in the company of other people, especially people you do not know: Archie was shy and awkward. I d love to meet her, but I m too shy to introduce myself. a ) shy behavior shows that someone is …

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  • 22shy — I UK [ʃaɪ] / US adjective Word forms shy : adjective shy comparative shier superlative shiest * 1) a) nervous and embarrassed in the company of other people, especially people who you do not know Archie was shy and awkward. I d love to meet her… …

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  • 23shy — I. /ʃaɪ / (say shuy) adjective (shyer or shier, shyest or shiest) 1. bashful; retiring. 2. easily frightened away; timid. 3. suspicious; distrustful: once bitten, twice shy. 4. reluctant; wary. 5. short: shy of funds. 6. Colloquial failing to pay …

  • 24shy — [[t]ʃa͟ɪ[/t]] shyer, shyest, shies, shying, shied 1) ADJ GRADED A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. She was a shy, quiet spoken girl... She was a shy and retiring person off stage... He is painfully shy of… …

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  • 25shy — shy1 shyer, n. shyly, adv. shyness, n. /shuy/, adj., shyer or shier, shyest or shiest, v …

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  • 26-shy — [[t] ʃaɪ[/t]] COMB in ADJ shy is added to nouns to form adjectives which indicate that someone does not like a particular thing, and tries to avoid it. For example, someone who is camera shy does not like having their photograph taken. They are… …

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  • 27shy — I. adjective (shier or shyer; shiest or shyest) Etymology: Middle English schey, from Old English scēoh; akin to Old High German sciuhen to frighten off Date: before 12th century 1. easily frightened ; timid 2. disposed to avoid a person or thi …

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  • 28shy — shy1 adjective (shyer, shyest) 1》 nervous or timid in the company of other people.     ↘(shy of/about) slow or reluctant to do.     ↘[in combination] having a specified dislike or aversion: camera shy.     ↘(of a wild animal) reluctant to remain… …

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  • 29Shy-Drager syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 12042 ICD10 = ICD10|G|90|3|g|90 ICD9 = ICD9|333.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D012791 Shy Drager syndrome is a rare, progressively degenerative… …

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  • 30Shy Fly Guy — Infobox Television episode Title = Shy Fly Guy Series = Garfield and Friends Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 35 Airdate = December 3, 1988 Production = US012 B Writer = Mark Evanier Sharman DiVono Director = John Walker Steve Clark John Sparey… …

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