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Definition of shyly in English: shylyadverb ˈʃʌɪliˈʃaɪli In a nervous or timid manner. she smiles shyly, blushing a little Example sentencesExamples - This guy asked me shyly for a glass of water.
- Some children approached him shyly, accompanied by their parents.
- Even she, on her fifth try for the presidency, has shyly brought her boyfriend to the fore.
- Children peer shyly from dark homes.
- The sun glances shyly over the vaulted roof of the cave.
- Shyly, almost painfully, he tells her that he loves her.
- I look shyly at the man at my side.
- Beside roaring factories and in sequestered nooks on which deer and bear peer shyly from nearby leafy coverts, there have sprung up innumerable gardens.
- A dozen girls in ruffled skirts stand, shifting their weight from foot to foot, gazing shyly at their reflections in the mirror.
- He glances around shyly, perhaps looking for someone.
Rhymes drily, kylie, Riley, slyly, smiley, Smily, wily, wryly Definition of shyly in US English: shylyadverbˈʃaɪliˈSHīlē In a nervous or timid manner. she smiles shyly, blushing a little Example sentencesExamples - Shyly, almost painfully, he tells her that he loves her.
- The sun glances shyly over the vaulted roof of the cave.
- Some children approached him shyly, accompanied by their parents.
- He glances around shyly, perhaps looking for someone.
- Even she, on her fifth try for the presidency, has shyly brought her boyfriend to the fore.
- I look shyly at the man at my side.
- A dozen girls in ruffled skirts stand, shifting their weight from foot to foot, gazing shyly at their reflections in the mirror.
- Beside roaring factories and in sequestered nooks on which deer and bear peer shyly from nearby leafy coverts, there have sprung up innumerable gardens.
- This guy asked me shyly for a glass of water.
- Children peer shyly from dark homes.
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