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shy of something having less of something than is needed or expected The bill was four votes shy of a majority. He was a large man, just shy of six feet tall. Related vocabulary: short of something See also: shy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When you can look round a roomful of people and think that each one is a mere child in intellect compared with yourself you feel no more shy of them than you would of a select company of magpies or orang-outangs. Carey had thought much how she should treat him; she was anxious to do her duty; but now he was there she found herself just as shy of him as he was of her. The inconvenience grew intolerable, and though she was now of a retiring habit, and shy of women, she went up to Wickham Place. |
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