timidly
- a word derived from timid.
Example Sentences
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Timidly trimming a bit from every department each year, in the hope that good times return, will not work.
From Economist • Aug. 2, 2012
Timidly, he brings out his own slight, representational sketches�mostly of horses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Timidly, in isolated spots behind the Allied front, a semblance of responsibility began to stir.
From Time Magazine Archive
Timidly, she went to her managing editor one day in 1896 with a bright idea: a column of advice for any reader with a worry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Timidly Betsie and I stepped out of line and walked to the door of the big, dank-smelling room with its row on row of overhead spigots.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
