Below
Below adverb - In or to a lower place.
Shy of and below are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shy of" instead a preposition "Below". informal substitute
Shy of
Both terms in one sentence
- Also, they can absorb massive amounts of punishment, only being shy of the Pseudogiant (see below) as the toughest mutant in the game.
- After a fairly below average winter, some people didn't believe that a huge blizzard would hit a week and a half into Spring; it ended up being Boston's third (now fourth) biggest snowstorm ever, coming only an inch shy of the winter season's 26 inches.
Source: April Fools' Day
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