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Meaning of "shily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHILY

shily  [ˈʃaɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHILY


docilely
ˈdəʊsaɪlɪ
drily
ˈdraɪlɪ
dryly
ˈdraɪlɪ
ductilely
ˈdʌktaɪlɪ
highly
ˈhaɪlɪ
juvenilely
ˈdʒuːvəˌnaɪlɪ
kiley
ˈkaɪlɪ
kylie
ˈkaɪlɪ
nighly
ˈnaɪlɪ
phyle
ˈfaɪlɪ
pily
ˈpaɪlɪ
Riley
ˈraɪlɪ
sedile
sɛˈdaɪlɪ
shyly
ˈʃaɪlɪ
slily
ˈslaɪlɪ
slyly
ˈslaɪlɪ
smiley
ˈsmaɪlɪ
stylie
ˈstaɪlɪ
wily
ˈwaɪlɪ
wryly
ˈraɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHILY

shilingi
shill
shill bidding
shillaber
shillala
shillelagh
shilling
shilling mark
shillingless
shillingsworth
Shillong
shilly-shallier
shilly-shallies
shilly-shallying
shillyshally
Shiloh
shilpit
shim
Shimla
shimmed

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHILY

breathily
gushily
healthily
lengthily
mushily
patchily
pithily
praiseworthily
raunchily
scripophily
sketchily
starchily
stealthily
techily
toothily
touchily
trashily
unhealthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of shily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHILY

Find out the translation of shily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

shily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Shily
570 millions of speakers

English

shily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

shily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Shily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Shily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खिन्नतेने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Shily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Shily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

shily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Εσωτερικών της Γερμανίας Schily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHILY»

The term «shily» is normally little used and occupies the 140.984 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of shily
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «shily».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHILY»

Discover the use of shily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Practical Orthography, Or, The Art of Teaching Spelling by ...
Rl 6 driness, b. x shily, j. d. e. A. shiness, j. d. e. slily, c. e. sliness,- j. d. b. E. A. c. drier, wb. dried, wb. drousy, b. m. Rl drousily, b. drousiness, b. drouse, An. draughts < draugh, j. w. dosen, m. drachm, buc. Greek drawl, j. br. drazel, j. br. wb . drisle ...
William Bearcroft, Daniel Henry Barnes, 1828
2
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
Fla'shily. ado. [fromjftwAy.] With. empty. showy;. without. real. power. of. wit,. or. solidity. of. thought. Fla'shy. adj. [from ./far/;.] 1. Empty;. not. solid;. showy. without. substance. Flashy 'wits cannot fathom the whole extent. of a large discourse.
Samuel Johnson, 1805
3
The Poetical Works of Samuel Lover
To peep round the corner, the sly wind would try : But vanes, you know, never look in the wind's eye ; And so she kept turning shily away ; — Thus they kept playing all through the day. The summer wind said, " She's coquetting, But each belle ...
Samuel Lover, 1868
4
Songs and Ballads ... Fourth edition
To peep round the corner, the sly wind would try: But vanes, you know, never look in the wind's eye; And so she kept turning shily away ;— Thus they kept playing all through the day. The summer wind said, “ She's coquetting,” But each belle ...
Samuel Lover, 1858
5
A Gaelic Dictionary: In Two Parts I. Guelic and English. - ...
Gu fiat, shily. Sheall Garno gu fiat uaipe, Garno looked shily away from her. — Oss. Cathluno. An lamh nam fineach fiat, in the hands of the strange heathen. — Sm. Fiat do 'n f hiata, froward to the forward. — Id. Fiatachd, s.f. Shiness; surliness ; ...
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
6
The History of Afghanistan (6 Vol. Set): Fay? Mu?ammad K?tib ...
... 877, (Karbala'is, mirs, mirzadahs, and 891, 900 sayyids) of Day Kundi Hazarah Shily wa Bilbash, see Shily wa and Kabul-Herat highway, 439; Bilbash mirs of, summoned to Kabul, 591; Hazarahs and Sardar Muhammad Ishaq of Akhzarat, ...
Fayz Muhammad Kātib Hazārah, Robert McChesney, Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami, 2012
7
A Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed a New ...
Gu fiat, shily. Sheall Garno gu fiat uaipe, Garno looked shily away from her. — Oss. Cathluno. An lamh nam fineach fiat, in the hands of the strange hea- then. — Sm. Fiat do 'n fhiataj/reward to the forward, — Id. Fiatachd, s.s. Shiness; surliness;  ...
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
8
The Grammar of English Grammars
"Cry, cried, crying,crier, cryer, decried, decrier,decrial;Shy,shyly, shily, shyness, shiness;Fly, flier, flyer, highflyer; Sly, slily, slyly,sliness, slyness; Ply,plyer, plying, pliers, complied, compiler; Dry, drier, dryer, dryly, dryness."—Webster's Dict., 8vo.
Goold Brown
9
The Grammar of English Grammars: With an Introduction ...
"Cry, crier, dccrier, dccrial; Shy, shily, shyly, shiness, shyness; Fly, flier, flyer, high- flier; Sly, slily, slyly, slincss, slyness ; Ply, pliers, plyers, plying, complier ; Dry, drier, dryer, dryly, dryness." —-(,'halm.ers's Abre'd_qement qf Todd' .1 Johnson.
Goold Brown, 1851
10
Geochemistry International
For instance, the Khangilay - Shily intrusion gave only 640 in the above units, while Khukhu -Chelotuy dome gave 1100-1630 (Table 1). The K feldspar from amazonite -bearing metasomatites containing little rare-metal mineralization had high ...
‎1977

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shily is used in the context of the following news items.
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MAN DIES AFTER EXTRACTING TOOTH
Senior Medical Officer at the hospital Doctor Shily Kundhunda said he could not comment properly on the matter because he did not know what exactly ... «Times of Swaziland, May 15»
2
Scores of Gunmen Killed As Syrian Army Operations in Homs, Idlib …
... in the villages of Majdal Kykhia, Wadi Sahikhan, Jisr al-Khurafa, Droushan, Marj Shily, Bourj Kabto and Nab' al-Samour in Latakia northern countryside. «Al-Manar TV, Jan 15»
3
Ferne Nächstenliebe
Heute ist es für ihre drei Töchter mit den sonnigen Namen Shiny, Shily und Smily ganz normal, dass sich die Tür immer wieder für notleidende Jungen und ... «Südwest Presse, Jan 15»
4
El tsáchila convive con una doble identidad
Viven en siete comunas en las que se escoge un líder según la edad y experiencia. Practican la medicina ancestral, a través de rituales. El significado. A shily «El Comercio, Mar 14»
5
Italian priests: Interest in exorcism increasing
January 19, 2014 at 10:47 pm |. Joel Osteen. There's a lot of money to be made in the stupidity field. Check out my new shily suit! January 19, 2014 at 10:51 pm |. «CNN, Jan 14»
6
Manipur: Nagas: United Fragments – Analysis
Other members included Wilson Tao ('general secretary'), Pairson Shily ('home secretary'), Isaac Shang ('finance secretary'), Jack Kapso ('organization ... «E-Pao.net, Jul 13»
7
MNRF, UNPC merge to form MNPF
Members of MNPF's first batch of central committee are John Francis Kashung (Chairman), Wilson Tao (General Secretary), Pairson Shily (Home Secretary), ... «E-Pao.net, Jun 13»
8
Seis personas mueren en choque de un minibús contra volqueta
En la Clínica URME: Ovidio Lucana (23), Antonio Mollo (69) conductor del minibús, Paulina Ajhuacho López (57) y Shily Carolina Gallardo (9). No se conoció la ... «La Patria, Jun 13»
9
La lucha por la salud Ricardo Ribera
Víctor Shily propietario de Farmacias San Nicolás solicitaba revisar precios de 7 productos en sus 12 diferentes presentaciones, “para evitar su salida del ... «El Faro, Apr 13»
10
You did it! Donations push Christmas Cheer Fund over the top
Arlo and Shily Movick in memory of loved ones, especially Ardis - $50. Anonymous - $100. Rudy - $100. Anonymous in honor of my parents - $15.75. Doug and ... «Mason City Globe Gazette, Dec 12»

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