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TIMIDLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a shy or timid or bashful manner
Example:
he smiled shyly
Synonyms:
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Pertainym:
timid (showing fear and lack of confidence)
Context examples:
“Edward,” replied my mother, timidly, “you are a far better judge of all questions than I pretend to be. Both you and Jane are. I only said—”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I was timidly following her, when she turned round at the parlour door, in the dusk, and taking me in her embrace as she had been used to do, whispered me to love my new father and be obedient to him.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“Oysters, dear,” said Dora, timidly.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
She was evidently still afraid of Miss Betsey, for she sent her grateful duty to her but timidly; and she was evidently afraid of me, too, and entertained the probability of my running away again soon: if I might judge from the repeated hints she threw out, that the coach-fare to Yarmouth was always to be had of her for the asking.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
