adv
Meaning 1
In a shy manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shyly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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shīʹli
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/ˈʃaɪ.li/
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rhymes with -aɪli
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CMU ARPABET: SH AY1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he smiled shyly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: timidly, bashfully
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English shy English shy Middle English -ly English -ly English shyly From shy + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: tímidament — in a shy manner
- Esperanto: timide — in a shy manner
- Finnish: ujosti — in a shy manner
- French: timidement — in a shy manner
- Greek: ντροπαλά (ntropalá) — in a shy manner
- Latvian: bikli — in a shy manner
- Norman: tînmidement — in a shy manner
- Portuguese: timidamente — in a shy manner
- Romanian: timid — in a shy manner
- Romanian: rușinos — in a shy manner
- Russian: засте́нчиво (zasténčivo) — in a shy manner
- Russian: ро́бко (róbko) — in a shy manner
- Spanish: tímidamente — in a shy manner