Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not shy; familiar; confident. (Davies.)
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Examples
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Rocky was particularly well played by a handsome and extremely unshy young man.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2008
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Rocky was particularly well played by a handsome and extremely unshy young man.
A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2008
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Rosenberg, a former print journalist who co-founded and served as managing editor of Salon. com — and who blogs at wordyard. com — is unshy about his enthusiasm for blogging.
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The President is elected annually by the board members -- all highly opinionated, unshy, independent actors -- who have seen fit, through several cycles of challenge, to re-elect her.
Gara LaMarche: Why I Don't Join - or, Why the ACLU Doesn't Need Any Saving 2008
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He is black and bold and unshy about both those facts, but neither dominates his personality.
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It would be doing Mr. Solmes a spite to wish him such a shy, unshy girl; another of your contradictory qualities — I leave you to make out what I mean by it.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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The President is elected annually by the board members -- all highly opinionated, unshy, independent actors -- who have seen fit, through several cycles of challenge, to re-elect her.
Gara LaMarche: Why I Don't Join - or, Why the ACLU Doesn't Need Any Saving 2006
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Zimbabweans are remarkably unshy about criticizing Robert Mugabe's rule.
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Zimbabweans are remarkably unshy about criticizing Robert Mugabe's rule.
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It was untrained but unshy, and the singer forced it with resolute hardihood that was indifferent to the future.
A Spirit in Prison Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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