shy

1
Easily frightened; timid.
The horses of the army, and those of the royal stables, having been daily led before me, were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting.
Opposite
bold brave confident
2
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
He is very shy with strangers.
Opposite
audacious bold cheeky
3
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
We grant, although he had much wit, / H' was very shy of using it; / As being loth to wear it out, / And therefore bore it not about,

1
To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness.
Courts might tend to shy from limiting Congress under such a vague standard.
Similar

1
An act of throwing.
Foker discharged a prodigious bouquet at her, and even Smirke made a feeble shy with a rose, and blushed dreadfully when it fell into the pit
2
A place for throwing.
coconut shy

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