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timidly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɪmɪdli/

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin timidusder. Middle French timideder. English timid Middle English -ly English -ly English timidly From timid + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a timid manner.
   • 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. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
   • His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see. 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[rederick] S[tartridge] Ellis, […], →OCLC, page 80:

Forms

Translations (12)

fi arasti (in a timid manner) · yi שרעקעוודיק (in a timid manner) · pt timidamente (in a timid manner) · it timidamente (in a timid manner) · es tímidamente (in a timid manner) · sv försagt (in a timid manner) · gl timidamente (in a timid manner) · lv bikli (in a timid manner) · el άτολμα (in a timid manner) · fr timidement (in a timid manner) · ca tímidament (in a timid manner) · cmn 羞怯地 (in a timid manner)