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Meanings of very bashful in English

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Usage of very bashful in English
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The young person, aged fifteen at the most, was naturally very bashful.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 6
2
He was a boy of fifteen, and seemed a very bashful youth.
Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philipp...
3
His wife was very well favored, of mean stature, and very bashful.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
4
And then we looked at each other ardently, but I was very bashful.
The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein
5
Fritz did not appear very bashful, but was capering around Beth.
A Little Florida Lady
6
Lincoln was very bashful when in the presence of ladies.
Lincoln's Yarns and Stories / A Complete Collection of the Funny...
7
Being of a very bashful and retiring disposition she felt alone even in company.
Canadian Wild Flowers: Selections from the Writings of Miss Hele...
8
But he's very bashful, he doesn't dare approach you with all these creatures about.
The Neverending Story
9
Besides, they are very bashful. And then she laughed and went back to her dancing.
A Russian Journal
10
He is old, and he limps, and I-well , Iwasnever a very bashful person.
The Yellow Crayon
11
They did not wish me to inspect the wounds, and the woman herself was very bashful.
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
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They were helped in the wagon, more by Betty than Foster, who was evidently very bashful.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
13
A long time ago, when the world was young, there lived a very bashful young man.
Philippine Folk-Tales
14
The young lady, seeing that I was very bashful, had considerable trouble in finding a lock that suited her.
Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Las...
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When I was seventeen I was very bashful, and a sixteen-year-old girl came to stay a week with us.
Mark Twain's Speeches
16
She sprang aside, but it was too late, and then she said: 'Well, you are not very bashful, either!
Original Short Stories — Volume 10
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