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shyly

adverb as in fearfully

adverb as in hesitantly

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A skinny immigrant approached Lopez and shyly asked if there was work.

Cooper happened to be on the show too, taking it all in, smiling shyly.

O’Ward, who drives the No. 5 car, has seven IndyCar Series victories and has progressed far from his early days as an inexperienced kid who shyly gave media interviews.

While Agathe initially identifies with the wilting old maid Anne from “Persuasion,” her shyly budding connection with Oliver is more Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride and Prejudice.”

“It was perhaps my penance for having voted for the devil,” he added, shyly admitting to having voted for Duterte.

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

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