shy

Liittyvät sanat: self-conscious

Synonyymisanakirja

epäluuloinen, ujosteleva, riittämätön, puutteellinen, vajavainen, vajaa, puhekielen ilmaus, arkikielen ilmaus.

englanti

heittää, paiskata

heitto

vajaa

ujosteleva Easily frightened; timid.
Jonathan Swift

Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

He is very shy with strangers.

Arbuthnot
cautious Cautious; wary; suspicious.
Boyle
Sir H. Wotton
puhekieltä short Short, insufficient or less than.

By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount.

It is just shy of a mile from here to their house.

embarrassed Embarrassed. (rfe)
puhekieltä To avoid due to timidness or caution.

I shy away from investment opportunities I dont understand.''

puhekieltä To jump back in fear.

The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse.

puhekieltä to throw sideways with a jerk; to fling

to shy a stone; to shy a slipper

(rfquotek)

An act of throwing.
Punch
2008, (w), Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 55:
A place for throwing.

coconut shy

A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.

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