shylyadv.
/ˈʃʌɪli/, U.S. /ˈʃaɪli/ In a shy manner; with shyness.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb]
unwillc893
uneathc900
unthankc960
latelyOE
against a person's willa1225
loatha1340
grutchingly1340
at one's unthanksa1400
wandsomely?a1400
at (or again) one's unwillesc1400
uneathsa1425
unwilfully1435
invitec1450
tarrowinglyc1480
scantly1509
nicely1530
tarryingly1530
unwillingly?1531
loathly1547
faintly1548
evil-willingly1549
grudgingly1549
difficultly1551
loathsomely1561
dangerously1573
ill-willing1579
backwardlya1586
costively1598
with an ill will1601
with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614
sadly1622
tenderlya1628
reluctantly1646
shyly1701
uncheerfully1754
à contre-coeur1803
shrinkingly1817
retractatively1851
begrudgingly1853
forcibly1867
loathfully1887
tharfly1894
the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb]
shamefullyc1480
bashfully1552
shamefacedly1620
shyly1701
shrinkingly1817
the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adverb] > in a shy manner
shyly1701
1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 82 Two other Ministers..who behav'd themselves one towards another so shily and uncharitably as if Luther and Calvin had bequeathed..their virulent and bigotted Spirits upon them.
1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxix. 209 The buffalo cow shyly looks about her.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. vii. §5 Nations whose commodities are looked shily upon by merchants.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 45 A very killing plan, when the fish are biting shyly.
1884 Harper's Mag. July 209/1 Tadoussac..hides shyly behind its hills.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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