What does shiness mean?
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shi·ness
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Shinessnoun
Unwillingness to be tractable or familiar.
Etymology: from shy.
An incurable shiness is the vice of Irish horses, and is hardly ever seen in Flanders, because the Winter forces the breeders there to house and handle their colts. William Temple.
They were famous for their justice in commerce, but extreme shiness to strangers: they exposed their goods with the price marked upon them, and then retired. Arbuthnot.
Webster Dictionary
Shinessnoun
see Shyness
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shiness in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shiness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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