shier
adjective
a comparative of shy.
Example Sentences
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Often unnoticed by drivers, these structures help shyer animals move across the landscape.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2024
The looking task yielded more nuanced results, indicating that shyer children were occasionally more accurate but less likely to respond.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2023
Timur, the shyer of the two, also needed surgery on both eyes.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2022
She wanted a project that traded on more than Everett’s outrageousness, that also acknowledged the shyer, more guarded woman that she is in her offstage life.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
Lysa helped their maester nurse him,- she had been softer and shyer in those days.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
