Shyer or shyer ( sometimes spelled shier ) is the comparative ( more than ) form of "shy", meaning bashful or timid--
You make the speech; he's shyer than you are.
He was shyer before he went away to camp.
Shire or shire ( rhymes with shyer ) is a British word for a county or administrative district--
This is the largest forest in the shire.
Everyone in the shire knows them; they're quite famous, locally.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"How can he run for public office? He's shyer than anyone in the shire."
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