adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a bashful smile
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Kirsty gave Willy a bashful grin.
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Sheila was never bashful about asking a question.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And we should not be bashful about its place in the current international art scene.
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But no amount of bashful cuteness can disguise its humourless narcissism.
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He was a moving man, bashful but debonair.
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Her defiant black clothes belie her bashful smile.
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Next, the death-defying act from the stewardesses, those bashful girls and their oxygen mine.
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Not one for being bashful , I selected the naughtiest setting - wouldn't you?
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Women should also remember that many men are bashful about discussing their feelings out in the open.