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bashful
(encz) | bashful,nespolečenský adj: t.tel |
bashful
(encz) | bashful,stydlivý adj: |
Bashful
(gcide) | Bashful \Bash"ful\ (b[a^]sh"f[.u]l), a. [See Bash.]
1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.]
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2. Very modest, or modest to excess; constitutionally
disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme
or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action,
expression.
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Syn: Diffident; retiring; reserved; shamefaced; sheepish.
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bashful
(wn) | bashful
adj 1: self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful;
lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
2: disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough
outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it";
(`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) [syn: bashful,
blate] |
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bashful
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bashfully
(encz) | bashfully,nesměle adv: Zdeněk Brož |
bashfulness
(encz) | bashfulness,stud |
bashful Billy
(gcide) | Slow \Slow\ (sl[=o]), a. [Compar. Slower (sl[=o]"[~e]r);
superl. Slowest.] [OE. slow, slaw, AS. sl[=a]w; akin to OS.
sl[=e]u blunt, dull, D. sleeuw, slee, sour, OHG. sl[=e]o
blunt, dull, Icel. sl[=o]r, sl[ae]r, Dan. sl["o]v, Sw.
sl["o]. Cf. Sloe, and Sloth.]
1. Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift;
not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as,
a slow stream; a slow motion.
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2. Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
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These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced
Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.
--Milton.
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3. Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as,
slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
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Fixed on defense, the Trojans are not slow
To guard their shore from an expected foe. --Dryden.
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4. Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation;
tardy; inactive.
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He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
--Prov. xiv.
29.
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5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true
time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
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6. Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of
arts and sciences.
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7. Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome;
dull. [Colloq.] --Dickens. Thackeray.
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Note: Slow is often used in the formation of compounds for
the most part self-explaining; as, slow-gaited,
slow-paced, slow-sighted, slow-winged, and the like.
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Slow coach, a slow person. See def.7, above. [Colloq.]
Slow lemur, or Slow loris (Zool.), an East Indian
nocturnal lemurine animal (Nycticebus tardigradus) about
the size of a small cat; -- so called from its slow and
deliberate movements. It has very large round eyes and is
without a tail. Called also bashful Billy.
Slow match. See under Match.
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Syn: Dilatory; late; lingering; tardy; sluggish; dull;
inactive.
Usage: Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow is the wider term,
denoting either a want of rapid motion or inertness of
intellect. Dilatory signifies a proneness to defer, a
habit of delaying the performance of what we know must
be done. Tardy denotes the habit of being behind hand;
as, tardy in making up one's acounts.
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Bashfully
(gcide) | Bashfully \Bash"ful*ly\, adv.
In a bashful manner.
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Bashfulness
(gcide) | Bashfulness \Bash"ful*ness\, n.
The quality of being bashful.
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Syn: Bashfulness, Modesty, Diffidence, Shyness.
Usage: Modesty arises from a low estimate of ourselves;
bashfulness is an abashment or agitation of the
spirits at coming into contact with others; diffidence
is produced by an undue degree of self-distrust;
shyness usually arises from an excessive
self-consciousness, and a painful impression that
every one is looking at us. Modesty of deportment is
becoming in all; bashfulness often gives rise to
mistakes and blundering; diffidence in society
frequently makes a man a burden to himself; shyness
usually produces a reserve or distance which is often
mistaken for haughtiness.
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Unbashful
(gcide) | Unbashful \Un*bash"ful\, a.
Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. --Shak.
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bashful
(wn) | bashful
adj 1: self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful;
lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
2: disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough
outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it";
(`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful) [syn: bashful,
blate] |
bashfully
(wn) | bashfully
adv 1: in a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly"
[syn: shyly, timidly, bashfully] |
bashfulness
(wn) | bashfulness
n 1: feeling embarrassed due to modesty [syn: abashment,
bashfulness] |
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