shyly

He said the name shyly, as if almost afraid to use it.

Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996

He said the name shyly, as if almost afraid to use it.

Night World No. 1 L.J. Smith 1996

“Dinner is served, milady,” he called shyly, grinning at me.

Dark Angel V.C.Andrews® 1986

“Dinner is served, milady,” he called shyly, grinning at me.

Dark Angel V.C.Andrews® 1986

Then, suddenly, as if she had just remembered her, Mother Drovski called Marie, who came shyly from the corner and stood before the two strange women.

Katrinka: The Story of a Russian Child 1915

Then there came the voices of the two children calling shyly outside the door, softly, with self-excited timidity:

Women in Love 1907

He's friendly, kind of shyly sweet and really not very charismatic.

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"Ah, Monsieur," shyly, "to tell you my name would be to frighten you away."

The Puppet Crown Harold MacGrath 1901

"O Mr. Fenton -- Gilbert," -- she pronounced his Christian name shyly, and in obedience to his reproachful look, -- "remember how short a time we have known each other.

Fenton's Quest 1875

It ends with an almost purple description of a painting that, Ellen says "shyly," she painted for Portia "There is emphasis and urgency in the rendering.

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