timidly

Adverb

Meaning

in a shy or timid or bashful manner

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Synonyms

shyly bashfully simply carefully quietly reluctantly weakly cowardly timid modestly cautiously faintly delicately anxiously fearfully
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Antonyms

affected greatly clearly actively confidently carelessly
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Anagrams

mytilid

Examples

he smiled shyly Source: Internet

But in the meantime we need to make sure women are not pushed into choices like this which can ruin their lives and leave them timidly peering out at what is left of their world through a tiny slit in a piece of fabric. Source: Internet

Crowder did, timidly at first. Source: Internet

A guide timidly asks if you want a tour. Source: Internet

“I think it is, but I think the proper emphasis should be on discussing it carefully … I mean by ‘carefully’ not timidly, but carefully in the sense that we would really have to be breaking new ground,” he said. Source: Internet

Screenwriters Daniela Aguayo, Guillermo Helo, and Ticoy Rodriguez note with great poignance how deprived the girls are: when they arrive at an upscale shopping mall, one asks timidly, "Can we just go in? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

timid as a rabbit timid person timidity timidness timidous timidsome