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SHY, a.

1. Fearful of near approach; keeping at a distance through caution or timidity; shunning approach; as a shy bird.

She is represented in a shy retiring posture. Addison.

2. Reserved; not familiar; coy; avoiding freedom of intercourse.

What makes you so shy, my good friend? Arbuthnot.

3. Cautious; wary; careful to avoid committing one's self or adopting measures.

I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of medicines.

1913 Definition
Shy (shy)
a.(sh***imacr])
Shy
[Compar. Shier (-1913 webster dictionaryr) or Shyer; superl. Shiest or Shyest.] [OE. schey, skey, sceouh, AS. sceóh; akin to Dan. sky, Sw. skygg
  1. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

    The horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting. Swift.

  2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

    What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I. Arbuthnot.

    The embarrassed look of shy distress
    And maidenly shamefacedness.     Wordsworth.

  3. Cautious; wary; suspicious.

    I am very shy of using corrosive liquors in the preparation of medicines. Boyle.

    Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of thier successors. Sir H. Wotton.

    To fight shy. See under Fight, v. i.

  4. To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion] -- said especially of horses.
  5. To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
    T. Hughes.
  6. A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
  7. A side throw; a throw; a fling.
    Thackeray.

    If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody. Punch.

  8. Inadequately supplied; short; lacking; as, the team is shy two players.
    [Slang]
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