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Adjective: bashful  bashful
  1. Self-consciously timid
    "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"
     
  2. Disposed to avoid notice
    "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"
    - blate

See also: backward, bashfully, bashfulness, timid

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