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shyly

adverb as in fearfully

adverb as in hesitantly

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Example Sentences

Eventually, though, some clever person shyly pipes up: “You know, keep one eye on John Kasich.”

We start slowly, shyly, and awkwardly just like most teenagers discovering the birds and the bees.

Also, after Pearl Harbor and Bataan, it usually shyly follows America's lead in international affairs.

When she goes home to her school in India, she says, the kids shyly approach and shake her hand.

Another student, in a blue sweater-vest, shyly waited his turn.

“I am sure my mother will be glad to meet you and hear all about those old days at Lucknow,” she said shyly.

Then after a little pause, she added shyly: "You really think a great deal of—of Allen's ability, don't you, Mother?"

Annie had hardly retired, when—a little shyly—the boys entered, uncertain of their reception.

He fell asleep, and soon and slowly and ever so dimly the opal light of the prairie dawn crept shyly over the landscape.

"I received a letter from him two days ago, as I was leaving Brereton's," answered Marius half shyly.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shyly, such as: nervously, timidly, apprehensively, diffidently, in alarm, and in fright.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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