shyishadj.
/ˈʃʌɪɪʃ/ Somewhat shy.
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the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective]
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1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act II. l. 91 Which Salutation he received with but a shyish kind of Reception.
1825 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 6 Do write to Sir G. B. for I am shyish of applying to him.
1858 J. Blackwood in Mrs. G. Porter Ann. Publishing Ho. (1898) III. 31 [Tennyson] is a striking-looking man, with a shyish, almost awkward, but manly and not unbecoming manner.
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