Tim·or·ous a.
1. Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
2. Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. “The timorous apostasy of chuchmen.”
-- Tim*or*ous*ly, adv. -- Tim*or*ous*ness, n.
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timorously
adv : in a timorous and trepid manner [syn: trepidly]