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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 9 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 31% | 6 | Fight shy of English for "shy" | |
3 | 31% | 5 | Boundary? Then I'll be shy, be shy | |
And Portrayed As Shy Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "WITHDRAWN" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
- • Tending to reserve or introspection verb
- • To pull (something) back, aside, or away.
- • To stop talking to, or interacting with, other people and start thinking thoughts that are not related to what is happening around.
- • To take back (a comment, etc); retract.
- • To remove, to stop providing (one's support, etc); to take out of service.
- • To extract (money from an account).
- • To retreat.
- • To be in withdrawal from an addictive drug etc. adjective
- • Removed from circulation
- • Introverted; not inclined to interact with other people
An example sentence would be:
- • "She appeared withdrawn during the meeting, not participating in the discussion."
- • "The withdrawn child preferred to spend his free time alone."
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