In a bashful way
The crossword clue "In a bashful way" is answered by SHYLY, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SHYLY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHYLY answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHYLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHYLY, most used first.
- In a timid way - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- With diffidence - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- In a bashful manner - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- In a timid manner - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- In any way - ATALL, used 185 times
- Way to go - ROUTE, used 139 times
- Out of the way - ASIDE, used 138 times
- "In what way?" - HOWSO, used 66 times
- One way to read - ALOUD, used 57 times
- Rub the wrong way - CHAFE, used 55 times
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