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Meaning of shy

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shy
      adj 1: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident
             and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid
             responses"; "a very unsure young man" [syn: {diffident},
             {shy}, {timid}, {unsure}] [ant: {confident}]
      2: short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"
      3: wary and distrustful; disposed to avoid persons or things;
         "shy of strangers"
      n 1: a quick throw; "he gave the ball a shy to the first
           baseman"
      v 1: start suddenly, as from fright
      2: throw quickly

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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