Demure as a nun at Sunday serviceBy Jamie Archer / Leave a Comment / SimilesSynonyms: shy, modest, reserved, restrained, properFor the kind of shy that's decorative and deliberate.Tags: ShyMore similes for ShyQuiet as a teenager at a dinner partyTimid as a mouse in a cat showAs shy as the fawnReserved as an English weather forecastBlushing as a schoolgirl at her first danceShy as a deer at the edge of a woodSee all "Shy" similes →