shily
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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"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 Tieck, Ludwig
"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 Brown, Goold
Rose answers shily, in short sentences, and we walk about in the garden.
From The Choice of Life by Leblanc, Georgette
Occasionally some of the farm-wives called to her shily.
From Sally of Missouri by Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet)
He, too, looked shily at the galaxy, and took refuge in a corner.
From Home as Found by Cooper, James Fenimore
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