shy
1. Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
2. Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
3. Cautious; wary; suspicious.
4. Short, insufficient or less than.
It is just shy of a mile from here to their house.
5. Embarrassed

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