timidly

timidly

English

Etymology

timid +‎ -ly

Adverb

timidly (comparative more timidly, superlative most timidly)

1. In a timid manner.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     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.

Translations

in a timid manner

Catalan: tímidament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 羞怯地 Finnish: arasti (fi) French: timidement (fr)

Greek: άτολμα (el) (átolma) Italian: timidamente (it) Latvian: bikli Spanish: tímidamente (es)

Anagrams

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