timidly

timid | American Dictionary

timid
adjective
us/ˈtɪm·ɪd/
easily frightened; not brave or confident:
She was timid about swimming in deep water.

timidity

noun[ U ]us/təˈmɪd·ɪ·t̬i/
A shaky voice revealed his timidity.

timidly

adverbus/ˈtɪm·əd·li/
She sang timidly but sweetly.

Examples of timid

timid
The pupils were the same age (8 - 9) and showed the same characteristics (one disruptive, one timid, and three developing normally).
A big hear t was associated with bravery and dependability, whereas a small hear t was unreliable, timid, even cowardly.
If archaeology is still the 'handmaiden of history' it is because it is too timid.
By the time it reappeared, certain senators considered it too timid.
The changing pattern of services may itself be one of the factors involved in the development of timid prosperity.
She was a moderately demented, timid lady, aged seventy-six years of age, who lived with her husband in the community.
These children are psychologically different from the first group of six shy, timid children who had been low reactive and minimally fearful earlier in life.
We find that those with hardworking, even-tempered and aggressive personalities are more likely to vote than those with, respectively, lazy, moody and timid personalities.
However, the earlier longitudinal data available on them permitted us to parse this shy/timid group into two different subgroups.
The 22% of the sample classified as shy/timid appeared very similar in their behavior.
He or she may go from being shy to being outgoing, from feminine to masculine, from timid to aggressive.
In their view, the police power was not "timid," but "narrow" in its application.
Timid tax reforms were attempted, but until more substantive reforms were implemented between 2002 and 2004 these failed to alter the overall tax structure.
For, without a clearly defined superior authority, the executive officers tended towards exorbitance or timid inactivity or an erratic veering between the two.
This produced a timid women's movement that limited its demands to better training for girls and female teachers.
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