Definition of "shily" []

• Archaic form of shyly. (adverb)

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• ""By all means," said Hamilton, perhaps a little shily; but it was promise enough to call forth Louis 'heartfelt thanks."
• "Rose answers shily, in short sentences, and we walk about in the garden."
• "Being now authorised to admonish her at all times with regard to her gestures, her voice and her accent, I often make her repeat the same sentence; and, when I at last hear her natural voice, her original sweet and attractive voice, to which the music is beginning to return, shily and timidly, my heart overflows with joy."