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shyly



ADVERB
hesitantly
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Children shyly offered flowers or waved as the group walked past.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

But Ana-Maria is no imperious popular princess—she’s nice to Lucia, responding with youthful awe when Lucia shyly shows her the scarlet lipstick that she got from her aunt in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

“My grandmother and grandfather did a lot in this community,” Faucett said as he shyly addressed the crowd from, “the bottom of my heart.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

Marilyn Gerlach was the high school girl he had shyly asked to the prom.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

Angel looked up shyly, but did not speak.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper




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