I.
verb
ADVERB
▪ violently
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
Her horse shied violently at a gorse bush.
Shy is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ horse
II.
adj.
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound
▪
Please don't be shy—I won't eat you!
▪ become , get , grow
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ desperately , excessively , painfully , terribly
▪
As a teenager I was painfully ~.
▪ all
▪
She went all ~ and hid behind her mother.
▪ almost
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
▪ naturally
▪
He is a naturally ~, retiring man.
▪ chronically ( esp. BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ around
▪
She was terribly ~ around strangers.
▪ of
▪
I was a little ~ of them at first.
▪ with
▪
You don't have to be ~ with me, you know.
Shy is used with these nouns: ↑ grin , ↑ look , ↑ smile , ↑ teenager , ↑ type