shyly

1. 1.

   in a shy or timid or bashful manner

   “he smiled shyly”

   Synonymstimidlybashfully

Questions about shyly

What does shyly mean?

shyly means "in a shy or timid or bashful manner".

How many syllables are in shyly?

shyly has 2 syllables: shy-ly. The stress falls on "shy". In IPA it is /ˈʃaɪli/.

What is another word for shyly?

Close synonyms include timidly, bashfully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shyly a common word?

shyly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.