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timidly

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tim·id  (tmd)
adj. tim·id·er, tim·id·est
1. Lacking self-confidence; shy.
2. Fearful and hesitant: problems that call for bold, not timid, responses.
[Latin timidus, from timre, to fear.]
ti·midi·ty, timid·ness n.
timid·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.timidly - in a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly"
bashfully, shyly
Translations
timidly [ˈtɪmɪdlɪ] ADV → tímidamente
timidly [ˈtɪmɪdli] adv → timidement
timidly
adv say, ask → zaghaft; enter, approach → schüchtern, ängstlich
timidly [ˈtɪmɪdlɪ] adv → timidamente
timidly [ˈtɪmɪdlɪ] adv → timidamente


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"I think it would be nice," said Cecily timidly, "and none of us have any experience of being editors, any more than Bev, so that wouldn't matter.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
"Of course I'm sorry about the duty I forgot, Aunt Polly," she apologized timidly.
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He was particularly anxious to avoid marring the freshness of the magnificent baldric we are acquainted with; but on timidly opening his eyes, he found himself with his nose fixed between the two shoulders of Porthos--that is to say, exactly upon the baldric.
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