shier
1 Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of shier
Example Sentences
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“Mabel 2 is much shier and has more wildness in her,” so she was used in the nervous bird scenes early on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
“I just loved it. It was a natural fit. I think it’s good for any child, to be honest, for confidence. I was on the shier side.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Toula worked in my shier stage of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
There effects are flung at the spectator's head like balls at a cocoanut; if they fail to register a hit it is the fault of the shier, not of the nut.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various
No doubt you are peacefully settled on your ancestral estate with only a few months and a little patience between you and your grandfather’s shier.
From The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson
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