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shy

 
 
/ʃaɪ/ adjective (shyer, shyest)

Translation

not confident, especially about meeting or talking to new people
mahcup, utangaç, sıkılgan, çekingen, ürkek
He was too shy to say anything to her.1013
shyly adverb
utangaç bir şekilde
She smiled shyly.
shyness noun [U]
utangaçlık
(Definition of shy adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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