timidly

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Etymology

From timid +‎ -ly.

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timidly (comparative more timidly, superlative most timidly)

  1. In a timid manner.
    • 1870, William Morris, “September: The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon”, in The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, part III, London: F S Ellis, , →OCLC, page 80:
      His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see.
    • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell , Animal Farm , London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
      The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs.

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