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Adjective

bashful; retiring.
easily frightened away; timid.
suspicious; distrustful
I am a bit shy of that sort of person.
reluctant; wary.
deficient
shy of funds.
scant; short of a full amount or number
still a few dollars shy of our goal; an inch shy of being six feet.
(in poker) indebted to the pot.
not bearing or breeding freely, as plants or animals.

Verb (used without object)

(esp. of a horse) to start back or aside, as in fear.
to draw back; recoil.

Noun

a sudden start aside, as in fear. ?

Idiom

fight shy of
to keep away from; avoid
She fought shy of making the final decision.

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