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What is the adjective for shying?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs shy and shie which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

shy
  1. Easily frightened; timid.
  2. Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
  3. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
  4. (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
  5. Embarrassed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  6. Synonyms:
      7. timid, diffident, reticent, self-effacing, shrinking, timorous, mousy, fearful, apprehensive, nervous, hesitant, reluctant, doubting, wary, suspicious, chary, unconfident, feeble, irresolute, spiritless, unassertive, distrustful, fainthearted, fearsome, mousey, skittish, tremulous, unsure, bashful, retiring, modest, insecure, sheepish, meek, coy, reserved, anxious, withdrawn, self-conscious, uneasy, introverted, jittery, embarrassed, backward, humble, demure, uncertain, blushing, afraid, jumpy … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “They were now bold warriors, far from the shy plebeians they once were.”
      “She was painfully shy and would hide in her room whenever guests arrived.”
      “Ever the shy lady, she was loathed to sing her own praises.”
shyful
  1. Exhibiting shyness; timid
  2. Examples:
      3. “She was somewhat shyful seeing the eternal couple before her.”
shier
  1. comparative form of shy: more shy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. timider, mousier, fearfuller, warier, charier, feebler, unsurer, more diffident, more reticent, more self-effacing, more timorous, more apprehensive, more nervous, more hesitant, more reluctant, more suspicious, more unconfident, more irresolute, more spiritless, more unassertive, more distrustful, more fainthearted, more fearsome, more skittish, more tremulous, coyer, quieter, more bashful, more sheepish, more reserved, more introverted, more withdrawn, more insecure, more inhibited, more constrained, more repressed, more self-conscious, more embarrassed, more abashed, more cautious, more introvert, more reclusive, more soft-spoken, more standoffish, humbler, meeker, more modest, more unassuming, more demure, more unpretentious … more
shyer
  1. comparative form of shy: more shy
shye
  1. Obsolete spelling of shy
shyish
  1. Somewhat shy.
shiest
  1. superlative form of shy: most shy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. timidest, mousiest, fearfullest, wariest, chariest, feeblest, unsurest, most diffident, most reticent, most self-effacing, most timorous, most apprehensive, most nervous, most hesitant, most reluctant, most suspicious, most unconfident, most irresolute, most spiritless, most unassertive, most distrustful, most fainthearted, most fearsome, most skittish, most tremulous, coyest, quietest, most bashful, most sheepish, most reserved, most introverted, most withdrawn, most insecure, most inhibited, most constrained, most repressed, most self-conscious, most embarrassed, most abashed, most cautious, most introvert, most reclusive, most soft-spoken, most standoffish, humblest, meekest, most modest, most unassuming, most demure, most unpretentious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Being among the shiest of my class, no one was expecting to see me get on stage, especially in front of hundreds of students and teachers.”
      “This resentful look is deceptive, however, for the bird is the shiest creature imaginable.”
      “Immodest growth of fig leaves, verdant, close and lush, Leaves cover for the shiest prude without a need to blush.”
shyest
  1. superlative form of shy: most shy
  2. Examples:
      3. “Probably the writer who as an actual man is shyest, gives this comradeship best.”
      “In winter the pochard was abundant on the coast, but as it was one of the shyest of fowl it was always difficult to approach.”
      “And first, as to perhaps the shyest, the Rocky Mountain sheep.”
shied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of shy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. distanced, disengaged, detached, disassociated, dissociated, isolated, moved away, separated, avoided, baulked, balked, bucked, drew back, drawn back, flinched, quailed, reared, recoiled, started, swerved, took fright, taken fright, winced, threw, thrown, tossed, tost, flung, hurled, cast, lobbed, launched, flipped, pitched, dashed, aimed, directed, propelled, bowled, chucked, heaved, hove, slung, slang, buzzed, whanged, bunged, pegged, hoyed … more
shying
  1. present participle of shy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. distancing, disengaging, detaching, disassociating, dissociating, isolating, moving away, separating, avoiding, baulking, balking, bucking, drawing back, flinching, quailing, rearing, recoiling, starting, swerving, taking fright, wincing, throwing, tossing, flinging, hurling, casting, lobbing, launching, flipping, pitching, dashing, aiming, directing, propelling, bowling, chucking, heaving, slinging, buzzing, whanging, bunging, pegging, hoying, hoyin … more
shied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of shy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. distanced, disengaged, detached, disassociated, dissociated, isolated, moved away, separated, avoided, baulked, balked, bucked, drew back, drawn back, flinched, quailed, reared, recoiled, started, swerved, took fright, taken fright, winced, threw, thrown, tossed, tost, flung, hurled, cast, lobbed, launched, flipped, pitched, dashed, aimed, directed, propelled, bowled, chucked, heaved, hove, slung, slang, buzzed, whanged, bunged, pegged, hoyed … more
shieing
  1. present participle of shie
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