shyful
English
Etymology
From shy + -ful.
Adjective
shyful (comparative more shyful, superlative most shyful)
- Exhibiting shyness; timid
- 2004, B.K. Chaturvedi, Kalki Purana:
- She was somewhat shyful seeing the eternal couple before her.
- 2010, Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters:
- My body tensed and went slack, then tensed quickly again, just the same as the mounts I used to walk between polo chukkers at Onwensia Stables—walking hots we called it—the lathered, snorting horses skittish and shyful after someone had run their asses off for fifteen minutes or so.
- 2004, B.K. Chaturvedi, Kalki Purana: