He was pathologically shy, which he learned to disguise with tantrums and outrageous behavior.

"I was a pathologically shy kid."

I think anybody in the public eye is aware of performance," Mr. Albee continued, "unless they're pathologically shy, and that can be an act, too.

All the sculptures seem at the same time physically assertive, meditatively slow and almost pathologically shy.

"I was personally very shy, and probably pathologically shy," she says.

"Laura is a role that is perceived in such a specific way: this sweet, pathologically shy girl with a limp," she said.

Inexplicably the proud, determined Rosa turns into an almost pathologically shy teenager.

She made quite a lot of money, from £20,000 to £30,000 a year, but remained quiet and almost pathologically shy.

Kaczynski seemed almost pathologically shy, and as far as I know, he made no close friends in the department.

Ms. Horrocks plays the title character, a pathologically shy young woman with a remarkable talent.