Adverb
in a shy or timid or bashful manner
Source: WordNethe 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