shily

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A form of shyly — In a shy manner.

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Meanings

adverbshily (comparative more shily, superlative most shily)

comparative more shily · superlative most shily

  1. archaicArchaic form of shyly.

    There are nations whose commodities are looked shily upon by merchants....

    1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, vol. 1, p. 138

Origin

From shy + -ly.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shily.

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