shily

adv

Etymology

From shy + -ly.

  1. inherited from *skeuhaz
  2. inherited from *skeuh
  3. inherited from sċēoh
  4. inherited from shy
  5. suffixed as shily — “shy + ly

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of shyly.

    • There are nations whose commodities are looked shily upon by merchants....

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shily. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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