Tim·id a. Wanting courage to meet danger; easily frightened; timorous; not bold; fearful; shy.
Poor is the triumph o'er the timid hare. --Thomson.
Syn: -- Fearful; timorous; afraid; cowardly; pusillanimous; faint-hearted; shrinking; retiring.
-- Tim*id*ly, adv. -- Tim*id*ness, n.
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timidly
adv : in a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly" [syn:
shyly, bashfully]