shyly

English

Etymology

From shy +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

shyly (comparative more shyly, superlative most shyly)

1. In a shy manner.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     The moon went slowly down in chastened loveliness; she departed like some sweet bride into her chamber, and long veil-like shadows crept up the sky through which the stars peeped shyly out.

Translations

in a shy manner

• Catalan: tímidament (ca)
• Esperanto: timide (eo)
• Finnish: ujosti (fi)
• French: timidement (fr)
• Greek: ντροπαλά (el) (ntropalá)
• Latvian: bikli
• Norman: tînmidement
• Portuguese: timidamente
• Romanian: timid (ro) m, rușinos (ro) m
• Russian: засте́нчиво (ru) (zasténčivo), ро́бко (ru) (róbko)
• Spanish: tímidamente (es)