Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shying away

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
shy-ing -away
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shy away

Questions

What does shying away mean?
present participle and gerund of shy away

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