“Well, I`m sure you`re among friends when you`re here,” Ms. O`Brien said with a dejected look of melting restraint. Sarah Palin beat Oprah with an electric suit perfectly designed to project restraint. The shyness of girls and the love of freedom could make them as willing to escape his approach as their friends might wish. After a few days of restraint on his part, we got to know him and finally made him a friend. In general, when she is in love, the girl shows much less restraint and restraint than the young woman. Ms. Butters` reluctance and refusal to be embraced because of the bottle of coffee in her womb is an example of this. 14. Century, in the sense defined in the transitive sense Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press! Find out which words work together and create more natural English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Middle English, calm, shy, From Anglo-French what, quei, koi quiet, from Latin quietus Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English. shy, shy, reserved, modest, shy means not being inclined to move forward. Shy implies timid restraint and a reluctance to intimacy or contact with others. Shy with shy strangers implies a frightened or hesitant shyness characteristic of childhood and adolescence. A shy boy who is reserved on his first date emphasizes a distrust of his own abilities or opinions that leads to hesitation to act or speak. Feeling denied to raise an objection Modesty indicates lack of trust or unreasonable vanity. Modest on their shy success implies a feigned shyness. discouraged by her shy nature.