† a-ˈskie,adv.Obs. [? f. a prep.1 + skey, variant of shey, shy: ‘schey or skey as horse’ (Promp. Parv.): cf. also skeigh and askoye.] ? Shyly; off at a tangent like a shying horse. 1393Gower Conf. II. 50 All sodeinly She passeth as it were a skie All clene out of this ladies sight.