"shy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shy adjetivo

shy + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 30
shy smile • shy man • shy girl • shy boy • shy person • ...
verbo + shy
Kolokacji: 5
feel shy • fall shy • fight shy • look shy • stop shy
adverbio + shy
Kolokacji: 19
painfully shy • extremely shy • suddenly shy • somewhat shy • twice shy • ...
(1) painfully, terribly
Kolokacji: 2
1. extremely shy = niezwykle nieśmiały extremely shy
2. suddenly shy = nagle nieśmiały suddenly shy
3. twice shy = dwakroć nieśmiały twice shy
4. generally shy = powszechnie nieśmiały generally shy
5. oddly shy = dziwnie nieśmiały oddly shy
6. notoriously shy = notorycznie nieśmiały notoriously shy
7. naturally shy = z natury nieśmiały naturally shy
8. normally shy = normalnie nieśmiały normally shy
9. pathologically shy = patologicznie nieśmiały pathologically shy
10. hardly shy = ledwie nieśmiały hardly shy
11. incredibly shy = niewiarygodnie nieśmiały incredibly shy
12. famously shy = doskonale nieśmiały famously shy
  • Famously camera shy, Mr. LeWitt, 72, has always been a model of integrity for people who distrust artists who act like fashion models.
  • Since the launch of the Kindle brand, Amazon has been famously shy about putting hard numbers to the brand's sales.
  • Kurt Gödel was famously shy and reclusive, unlike his fictional counterpart in this film.
  • Lord Alli is famously press shy, reputedly having given only one interview in his life.
  • Beltrán is famously shy, but at this time of year, he tends to turn into a real ham.
  • Mr. Reed is famously media shy and declined to be interviewed for this article.
  • Pynchon is famously camera shy.
  • Gardner was famously shy and declined many honors when he learned that a public appearance would be required if he accepted.
  • One writer, famously shy, is shown from behind, her face entirely hidden.
  • Throughout the past few decades, Gardner declined appearing at any honors because he was "famously shy".
13. surprisingly shy = zadziwiająco nieśmiały surprisingly shy
14. intensely shy = ogromnie nieśmiały intensely shy
(3) somewhat, slightly, pretty
Kolokacji: 3
shy + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
shy of • shy about • shy with • shy in • shy around • ...

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