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  • adjective superlative form of shy: most shy.

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Examples

  • And although they're famous for the skimpy proportions of their bikinis and trunks, these labels are also making suits for even the shiest backsides.

    Bathing Beauties 2012

  • Instead, the shiest of all the FBI agents is actually a triple agent, contacted by the real good guys …

    Planet-x.com.au » TV with Abe: What I'm Watching: Flash Forward 2010

  • The materials are closer to Scotlands, mica and shiest, lifted from the ocean floor.

    ‘Global Warming Causes Earthquakes.’ Suuuuure it does. | RedState 2010

  • But Grandma instantly put them at ease, and brought out the movie star in even the shiest of interviewees.

    Project Everlasting Mathew Boggs 2007

  • But Grandma instantly put them at ease, and brought out the movie star in even the shiest of interviewees.

    Project Everlasting Mathew Boggs 2007

  • But Grandma instantly put them at ease, and brought out the movie star in even the shiest of interviewees.

    Project Everlasting Mathew Boggs 2007

  • But Grandma instantly put them at ease, and brought out the movie star in even the shiest of interviewees.

    Project Everlasting Mathew Boggs 2007

  • The ironic thing is that when he was alone at a party or a crowd off the stage, he was the most shiest guy in the world.

    CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2005 2005

  • And the ironic thing is that when he was alone at a party or a crowd, off the stage, he was the most - the shiest guy in the world.

    CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2005 2005

  • Even when Servilia gave him her widest, shiest smile, he did not unbend.

    The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

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