| Shy, in a flirty way |
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| Pretend-shy |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2025 |
| Shy |
LA Times Daily |
02 Oct 2025 |
| Shy |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Shy (3) |
Mirror Classic |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Coquettish |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Sep 2025 |
| Playfully shy |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Sep 2025 |
| Flirtatiously 8 Across |
The Telegraph Mini |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Playfully shy |
Universal |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Artfully shy |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Aug 2025 |
| Shy company an MP drops out of |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Pretending shyness or modesty (3) |
Mirror Classic |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Playfully shy |
Commuter |
14 Jun 2025 |
| Playfully shy |
Commuter |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Playfully shy |
Universal |
19 May 2025 |
| Irritatingly reticent (3) |
|
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| Shy, in a flirty way |
|
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| Playfully evasive |
Family Time |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Flirtatiously shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Flirtatiously shy |
|
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| Simpering (3) |
Puzzler |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Shy in a cutesy way |
Universal |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Affectedly demure |
Mirror Tea Time |
06 Mar 2025 |
| Copy a letter out, being backward (3) |
|
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| Demure |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Affectedly bashful (3) |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Reluctant to reveal something |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Affectedly modest (3) |
Puzzler |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Being bashful, little company for a soldier (3) |
|
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| "To His ___ Mistress" |
|
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| Playfully shy (rhymes with "toy") |
|
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| Falsely shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
Family Time |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Playfully shy |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2024 |
| Retiring from the company by the end of July (3) |
|
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| Affectedly shy |
Puzzler Backwords |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Not forthcoming |
USA Today |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Bashful Corey about to leave (3) |
|
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| Affectedly demure |
Mirror Tea Time |
15 Aug 2024 |
| Cleverly shy |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2024 |
| Demure, reserved |
The Times Concise |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Bashful |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Retiring from a contracted company (3) |
|
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| Coquettish |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Playfully shy |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jun 2024 |
| Shy |
Mirror Classic |
22 May 2024 |
| Demure copy of 'No Parking' (3) |
|
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| Shy, in a flirty way |
|
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| Retiring to copy a piece of poetry out (3) |
|
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| Flirtatiously shy |
|
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| Is shy of company at the end of the day (3) |
|
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| Like one playing hard to get |
|
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| Retiring to copy the piano part out (3) |
|
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| Guarded bait off Danube's banks (3) |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Flirtatiously shy |
|
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| Shy |
Mirror Classic |
27 Mar 2024 |
| Flirtatiously shy |
|
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| Answering evasively, perhaps |
|
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| Shy, modest |
|
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| Not forward |
New York Times |
02 Mar 2024 |
| Playfully shy |
Universal |
24 Feb 2024 |
| Cowboy's demure exterior (3) |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Flirtatiously shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Playfully shy and comely without wee Melanie (3) |
|
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| Playfully shy |
Universal |
30 Oct 2023 |
| Demure |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Coquettish |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Sep 2023 |
| Playfully secretive |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2023 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Flirtatiously shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Affectedly shy |
New York Times |
28 May 2023 |
| Pretend-shy |
USA Today |
04 May 2023 |
| Demurely evasive |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2023 |
| Artfully shy |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2023 |
| Flirtatiously shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2023 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Slyly shy |
Universal |
24 Mar 2023 |
| Pretending to be shy (rhymes with "boy") |
|
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| Not exactly outgoing |
Family Time |
26 Feb 2023 |
| Playfully evasive |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Shy |
Canadiana |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Shy |
Family Time |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Coquettish |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Dec 2022 |
| Playfully shy |
Newsday |
30 Nov 2022 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Flirtatious, in a way |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2022 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Artfully evasive |
New York Times |
11 Oct 2022 |
| Playfully shy |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2022 |
| Coquettish |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Unforthcoming |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2022 |
| Playfully shy |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Slyly shy |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2022 |
| Affectedly modest |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Aug 2022 |
| Pretending to be shy |
|
|
| Playfully evasive |
Newsday |
28 Jun 2022 |
| Not forthcoming |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2022 |
| Unforthcoming |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Playfully shy |
USA Today |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Shy |
Canadiana |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Unforthcoming |
USA Today |
04 Jun 2022 |
| Teasingly shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
Thomas Joseph |
13 May 2022 |
| Playfully modest |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Demure |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Apr 2022 |
| Affectively evasive |
Newsday |
08 Apr 2022 |
| Coquettish |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Apr 2022 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Shy in a flirty way |
|
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| Playfully shy |
Universal |
19 Feb 2022 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| “You don’t need to be ___, Roy” (rhyming Paul Simon lyric) |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Modest business year |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Nov 2021 |
| Demure |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Nov 2021 |
| Acting all shy and whatnot |
Family Time |
24 Oct 2021 |
| Playfully shy |
Universal |
04 Oct 2021 |
| Flirtily bashful, say |
|
|
| Shy in a playful way |
Family Time |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Slyly shy |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jul 2021 |
| Reluctant to share |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2021 |
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Affectedly shy |
Universal |
28 May 2021 |
| Playfully bashful |
Thomas Joseph |
19 May 2021 |
| Shy |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Apr 2021 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| American company playing hard to get |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Mar 2021 |
| Affectedly shy |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Mar 2021 |
| Coquettish |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Mar 2021 |
| Pretending shyness |
The Times Concise |
11 Feb 2021 |
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Pretending modesty |
The Times Concise |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Playfully shy |
The Washington Post |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Playfully shy |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2021 |
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Overly shy |
|
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| Flirtatiously shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
|
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| Demure |
Canadiana |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Flirtatiously shy |
The Washington Post |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Flirtatiously shy |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Opposite of brazen |
Family Time |
27 Sep 2020 |
| Playfully shy |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Sep 2020 |
| Far from forward |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Sep 2020 |
| Playfully shy |
Premier Sunday |
30 Aug 2020 |
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Reluctant to give details |
USA Today |
20 Aug 2020 |
| Affectedly innocent |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Playing hard to get in Pimlico yesterday |
The Sun Two Speed |
18 Jul 2020 |
| Reluctant to commit |
Universal |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Flirtatiously shy |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
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| Playfully shy |
Newsday |
01 Jun 2020 |
| Alluringly shy |
Premier Sunday |
17 May 2020 |
| Cutely shy |
Premier Sunday |
10 May 2020 |
| Far from forthcoming |
Universal |
23 Apr 2020 |
| Reluctant to give details |
New York Times |
03 Apr 2020 |
| Not forthcoming |
USA Today |
18 Mar 2020 |
| Like one playing hard to get |
The New Yorker |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Evasive |
Canadiana |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Shy type limps out of Olympics |
Irish Times Crosaire |
07 Mar 2020 |
| Playing hard to get |
|
|
| Affectedly demure |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Less than forthcoming |
|
|
| Coquettish |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Nov 2019 |
| Shrinking firm close to bankruptcy |
|
|
| Slyly hesitant |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2019 |
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Demure |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Sep 2019 |
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Coquettish |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Coquettish |
The Washington Post |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Reluctant to give details |
Universal |
23 Jul 2019 |
| Modest |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Evasive firm, untrustworthy ultimately |
|
|
| Playfully shy (Rhymes with "boy") |
|
|
| Overly modest |
Family Time |
17 Jun 2019 |
| Playfully shy |
Universal |
10 Jun 2019 |
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Overly modest |
Jonesin |
14 May 2019 |
| Playing hard to get |
|
|
| Feigning modesty |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Apr 2019 |
| Coquettish or playful |
|
|
| Coquettish |
Universal |
12 Apr 2019 |
| Using faux shyness |
The Washington Post Sunday |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Playing hard to get |
Universal |
22 Mar 2019 |
| Shy, in a flirty way |
USA Today |
17 Mar 2019 |
| Shy, in a flirtatious way |
|
|
| Feigning modesty |
|
|
| Playing hard to get |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Shy, in a flirty way |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Reluctant to give details |
|
|
| Playfully noncommittal |
Family Time |
31 Dec 2018 |
| Flirtatiously shy |
|
|
| Coquet-tish |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Dec 2018 |
| Playfully shy, like a kitten |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Playing hard to get, say |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2018 |
| Artfully shy |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Artfully shy |
The Washington Post |
28 Oct 2018 |
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Playfully modest |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Slyly shy |
Family Time |
02 Jul 2018 |
| Coquettish |
The Guardian Speedy |
26 May 2018 |
| Demure |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 May 2018 |
| Playfully shy |
Family Time |
06 May 2018 |
| Coquettishly playful |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Playing shy |
|
|
| Shy |
Canadiana |
26 Feb 2018 |
| Demure |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2018 |
| Bashful |
Universal |
13 Feb 2018 |
| Appealingly shy |
Canadiana |
12 Feb 2018 |
| Kittenish |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Feb 2018 |
| Hardly fresh |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2018 |
| Artfully shy |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Coquettishly playful |
|
|
| Hardly fresh |
|
|
| Playing hard to get, say |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Less than forthcoming |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2017 |
| Bashful |
The Times Concise |
20 Aug 2017 |
| Playfully shy (Rhymes with "boy") |
|
|
| Far from brazen |
Universal |
04 Apr 2017 |
| Playfully modest |
Universal |
24 Mar 2017 |
| Not as shy as one might think |
New York Times |
18 Feb 2017 |
| Playing hard-to-get |
Universal |
24 Jan 2017 |
| Not as shy as one might think |
|
|
| Playfully modest |
|
|
| Playing hard-to-get |
|
|
| Playfully obtuse, maybe |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2016 |
| Evasive |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2016 |
| Seductively shy |
Canadiana |
14 Nov 2016 |
| Reluctant to give details |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2016 |
| Kittenish |
New York Times |
22 Oct 2016 |
| Playing hard-to-get |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2016 |
| Playfully evasive |
Family Time |
14 Aug 2016 |
| Dissembling |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jul 2016 |
| Playfully shy |
USA Today |
24 Jun 2016 |
| Affectedly modest or shy |
Irish Times Simplex |
11 Jun 2016 |
| Flirtatious |
Universal |
15 Feb 2016 |
| Playing hard to get |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jan 2016 |
| Flirtatious |
|
|
| Playing hard-to-get |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Playing hard to get |
|
|
| Playfully obtuse, maybe |
|
|
| Kittenish |
|
|
| Evasive |
|
|
| Slyly shy |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Dec 2015 |
| Shy, but flirty |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Like the comment 'Maybe, maybe not' |
New York Times |
13 Dec 2015 |
| Giving evasive answers |
New York Times |
06 Dec 2015 |
| Shy, but maybe not? |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2015 |
| Coquettish |
USA Today |
24 Jul 2015 |
| Demure lure of French is absent |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jun 2015 |
| Like one saying "Moi?" |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2015 |
| Military team in brief not forthcoming |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Apr 2015 |
| Shy |
|
|
| Playing hard to get |
|
|
| Like the comment "Maybe, maybe not" |
|
|
| Like one saying "Moi?" |
|
|
| Flirtatiously shy |
|
|
| Artfully shy |
|
|
| Playfully modest |
|
|
| Giving evasive answers |
|
|
| Shy, but maybe not? |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Shy crony, oddly |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Unforthcoming |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Affectedly secretive |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Hardly candid |
|
|
| Kittenish |
|
|
| Quaintly shy |
|
|
| Far from forward |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Flirtatiously shy |
|
|
| Playfully noncommittal |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Affectedly evasive |
|
|
| Playfully shy |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Like a coquette |
|
|
| Hardly candid |
|
|
| Less than forthright |
|
|
| Not forthcoming |
|
|
| Retiring |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Like one saying "Who, little old me?" |
|
|
| Affectedly shy |
|
|
| Playfully noncommittal |
|
|
| Hardly forward |
|
|
| Playfully noncommittal |
|
|
| Playfully noncommittal |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Affectedly shy |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Opposite of brazen |
|
|
| Far from forward |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Less than forthcoming |
|
|
| Slyly hesitant |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Affectedly modest |
|
|
| Flirtatiously shy |
|
|
| Slyly shy |
|
|
| Slyly shy |
|
|
| Playfully evasive |
|
|
| Flirtatiously unforthcoming |
|
|
| Affectedly demure |
|
|
| Slyly hesitant |
|
|
| "To His ___ Mistress" (17th-century poem) |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Devious, in a way |
|
|
| Slyly shy |
|
|
| Devious, in a way |
|
|
| Overmodest |
|
|
| Quite obviously dissembling |
|
|
| Affectedly modest |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Kittenish |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Kittenish |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Modest |
|
|
| Flirtatious |
|
|
| Artfully shy |
|
|
| Playfully evasive |
|
|
| Flirtatious |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Slyly reticent |
|
|
| Insincerely reluctant to make a decision |
|
|
| Far from forward |
|
|
| Opposite of brazen |
|
|
| Playfully retiring |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Playing hard to get |
|
|
| Reluctant to elucidate |
|
|
| Affectedly demure |
|
|
| Affectedly shy |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Playing hard to get |
|
|
| Overmodest |
|
|
| Overly modest |
|
|
| Overly shy |
|
|
| Affectedly modest |
|
|
| Affectedly modest |
|
|
| Playing hard to get |
|
|
| Hard to pin down |
|
|
| Affectedly modest |
|
|
| Playfully modest |
|
|
| Reluctant |
|
|
| Provocatively playful |
|
|
| Evasive |
|
|
| Like a shrinking violet |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Affectedly shy |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Like Marvell's mistress |
|
|
| Secretive |
|
|
| Shy, in a flirtatious way |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Modest business year |
|
|
| Playfully demure |
|
|
| Like a shrinking violet |
|
|
| Cutesy |
|
|
| Shy |
|
|
| Flirtatious |
|
|
| Hardly candid |
|
|
| Not forthright |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Not exactly outgoing |
|
|
| Like a coquette |
|
|
| Coquettish |
|
|
| Diffident |
|
|
| Slyly reticent |
|
|
| Shy, but maybe not? |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Flirtatious |
|
|
| Playfully noncommittal |
|
|
| Artfully shy |
|
|
| Reserved |
|
|
| Not 100% open |
|
|
| Holding back, in a way |
|
|
| Like Marvell's mistress |
|
|
| Affectedly shy |
|
|
| Arch |
|
|
| Shrinking modestly |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Affectedly devious |
|
|
| Bashful |
|
|
| Flirty. |
|
|
| Demure. |
|
|
| Playfully innocent |
|
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