'Timidly' definitions:

Definition of 'timidly'

From: WordNet
adverb
In a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly" [syn: shyly, timidly, bashfully]

Definition of 'Timidly'

From: GCIDE
  • Timid \Tim"id\, a. [L. timidus, fr. timere to fear; cf. Skr. tam to become breathless, to become stupefief: cf. F. timide.] Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy. [1913 Webster]
  • Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous; faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring. [1913 Webster] -- {Tim"id*ly}, adv. -- {Tim"id*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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