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Shyly

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a shy manner.

    "The moon went slowly down in chastened loveliness; she departed like some sweet bride into her chamber, and long veil-like shadows crept up the sky through which the stars peeped shyly out."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a shy or timid or bashful manner wordnet

Etymology

From shy + -ly.

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