"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
  • He was pathologically shy, which he learned to disguise with tantrums and outrageous behavior.
  • "I was a pathologically shy kid."
  • I think anybody in the public eye is aware of performance," Mr. Albee continued, "unless they're pathologically shy, and that can be an act, too.
  • All the sculptures seem at the same time physically assertive, meditatively slow and almost pathologically shy.
  • "I was personally very shy, and probably pathologically shy," she says.
  • "Laura is a role that is perceived in such a specific way: this sweet, pathologically shy girl with a limp," she said.
  • Inexplicably the proud, determined Rosa turns into an almost pathologically shy teenager.
  • She made quite a lot of money, from £20,000 to £30,000 a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.
  • Kaczynski seemed almost pathologically shy, and as far as I know, he made no close friends in the department.
  • Ms. Horrocks plays the title character, a pathologically shy young woman with a remarkable talent.
10. hardly shy = ledwie nieśmiały hardly shy
11. incredibly shy = niewiarygodnie nieśmiały incredibly shy
12. famously shy = doskonale nieśmiały 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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