Shyness
['ʃaɪnɪs]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being shy.
Edited by Bessie
Examples
- I answered, more in shyness than politeness, After you, miss. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mr. Hale's ever-ready sympathy with anything of shyness or hesitation, or want of self-possession, made him come to his aid. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She was too self-engrossed to penetrate the recesses of his shyness, and besides, why should she care to give herself the trouble? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- You do try to fight off your shyness, and I love you for it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But this was enough to wear off the shyness on her side, and any symptoms of mortified pride and vanity on his. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misanthropy, have no wish for the company of their fellows. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The excellence of his understanding and his principles can be concealed only by that shyness which too often keeps him silent. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- There must be a sort of shyness; but I cannot recollect that our evenings formerly were ever merry, except when my uncle was in town. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Shyness--_her_ shyness, not mine--drew a silver veil between us. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was as vain as a girl; and perhaps his extreme shyness was one of the results of his extreme vanity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They were turned together, half covering each other in pathetic shyness and fear. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He was aware of smiling at her vaguely, and she added, as if condescending to his natural shyness: I've never seen May looking lovelier. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- On account of your austerity and shyness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A soft kind of youthful shyness depressed her eyelid and mantled on her cheek. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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