shily
Britishadverb
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He, too, looked shily at the galaxy, and took refuge in a corner.
From Home as Found by James Fenimore Cooper
“By all means,” said Hamilton, perhaps a little shily; but it was promise enough to call forth Louis' heartfelt thanks.
From Louis' School Days A Story for Boys by E. J. (Edith J.) May
"Cry, crier, decrier, decrial; Shy, shily, shyly, shiness, shyness; Fly, flier, flyer, high-flier; Sly, slily, slyly, sliness, slyness; Ply, pliers, plyers, plying, complier; Dry, drier, dryer, dryly, dryness."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
Rose answers shily, in short sentences, and we walk about in the garden.
From The Choice of Life by Georgette Leblanc
"Why does your eye wander so shily and unfixedly about?" he resumed, in a friendly tone.
From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Ludwig Tieck
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