| wary(adjective, modest, humble, hesitant, suspicious) | |
| wavering(nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| weak(nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| wily(playful, mischievous) | |
| withdrawing | |
| withdrawn | |
| Victorian | |
| abashed(shy, timid, diffident) | |
| abashing | |
| abstentious | |
| affected | |
| alluring | |
| aloof | |
| ambivalent(nervous, shy, fearful) | |
| amorous | |
| anxiously | |
| apply | |
| apprehensively | |
| artful(playful, mischievous) | |
| ashamedly |
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