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shy thing
noun as in shrinking violet
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Her adopted child is a slip of a girl, slim and light, with the ways of a shy thing of the woods.
Somehow the finding this rare, shy thing decking her path toward labour and enterprise spoke to her soul of success.
Why, to get a peep at the shy thing I'd clamber up to the tip-top o' Taygetus.
Come to me at once, and we will break the creature's shell together, and see what it is like, the shy thing!
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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shy thing, such as: modest violet, mouse, retiring person, and shy person.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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