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Definition of Shiness
1. n. See Shyness.
Definition of Shiness
1. Noun. (alternative form of shyness). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shiness
1. shyness [n -ES] - See also: shyness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiness
Literary usage of Shiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Residence in the West Indies and America: With a Narrative of the by Thomas Staunton St. Clair, James Glenn (1834)
"... Indians— Marriage Ceremonies—Polygamy— Punishment of Adultery —Their shiness
of Europeans—Musical Instruments— ..."
2. A Soldier's Recollections of the West Indies and America: With a Narrative by Thomas Staunton St. Clair (1834)
"... Indians— Marriage Ceremonies—Polygamy— Punishment of Adultery —Their shiness
of Europeans—Musical Instruments— ..."
3. Practical Orthography, Or, The Art of Teaching Spelling by Writing by William Bearcroft (1828)
"Penning has dryly dryness shily shiness slyness He follows johnson in four, omits
one, and misspells one which j. had spelt right. ..."
4. Memorials of Hugh M Matheson by James Oswald Dykes (1899)
"My father was born at shiness in 1784. Gaelic was the first language he spoke,
his nurse and all the surrounding families being Gaelic. ..."
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