Shy word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "shy" word
[adjective] wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things; "shy of strangers"
[adjective] easily startled or frightened
[adjective] lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man"
[verb] throw quickly
[verb] start suddenly, as from fight
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\Shy\ (sh[imac]), a. [Compar. {Shier} (-[~e]r) or {Shyer}; superl. {Shiest} or {Shyest}.] [OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sce['o]h; akin to Dan. sky, Sw. skygg, D. schuw, MHG. schiech, G. scheu, OHG. sciuhen to be or make timid. Cf. {Eschew}.] 1. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird. The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting. --Swift. 2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach. What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I. --Arbuthnot. The embarrassed look of shy distress And maidenly shamefacedness. --Wordsworth. 3. Cautious; wary; suspicious. I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of medicines. --Boyle. Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors. --Sir H. Wotton. {To fight shy}. See under {Fight}, v. i.
\Shy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shying}.] [From {Shy}, a.] To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
\Shy\, v. t. To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper. --T. Hughes.
\Shy\, n. 1. A sudden start aside, as by a horse. 2. A side throw; a throw; a fling. --Thackeray. If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. --Punch.
Synonyms for shy
diffident, timid, unconfident, unsure, wary
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Let's analyse "shy" as pure text. This string has Three letters in One syllable and zero vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 0% of vowels is 38.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YHS. Average typing speed for these characters is 840 milliseconds. [info]
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shy: = 0, reduced: 0 (or 7 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is zero. |
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