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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

man-shy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
man-shy
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a wild animal, wary of humans.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more man-shy (comparative) most man-shy (superlative)

Questions

What does man-shy mean?
Of a wild animal, wary of humans.

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