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shy adjective

  /ʃaɪ/
  • Easily frightened; timid.
 arka
  • Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
 ujo
  • Cautious; wary; suspicious.
 varovainen, arka
  • Embarrassed.
 nolo
  • (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
 vajaa

shy noun

  /ʃaɪ/
  • An act of throwing.
 heitto
  • A place for throwing.
 heittopaikka

shy verb

  /ʃaɪ/
  • (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
 kavahtaa, säikkyä
  • (transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
 nakata
shy away
paeta, vetäytyä
shy away from
vältellä
once bitten, twice shy
Siperia opettaa
camera-shy
kameroita välttelevä
Shy Albatross
isoalbatrossi
Shy Ground Dove
piilopyykyyhky
Shy Heathwren
valkokulmamaluri
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