timidly


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tim·id

(tĭm′ĭd)
adj. tim·id·er, tim·id·est
1. Lacking self-confidence; shy.
2. Fearful and hesitant: problems that call for bold, not timid, responses.

[Latin timidus, from timēre, to fear.]

ti·mid′i·ty, tim′id·ness n.
tim′id·ly adv.
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Adv. 1. [画像:timidly - in a shy or timid or bashful manner]timidly - in a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly"
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Translations
بِخَوْفٍ ، بِجُبْنٍ
bázlivěplaše
frygtsomt
feimnislega; af hugleysi
placho
plašno
çekingen bir şekildeutana sıkıla

timidly

[ˈtɪmɪdlɪ] ADVtímidamente
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timidly

[ˈtɪmɪdli] advtimidement
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timidly

adv say, askzaghaft ; enter, approachschüchtern, ängstlich
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timidly

[ˈtɪmɪdlɪ] advtimidamente
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timid

(ˈtimid) adjective
easily frightened; nervous; shy. A mouse is a timid creature. klein جَبان، هَيّاب، خَجول، خَوّاف боязлив tímido plachý, bázlivý ängstlich frygtsom φοβιτσιάρης, ντροπαλός asustadizo; tímido kartlik کمرو؛ ترسو pelokas timide, craintif נפחד डरपोक plah, bojažljiv félénk takut-takut styggur; huglítill; feiminn timido, timoroso おくびょうな 겁이 많은 drovus, baikštus bailīgs; bikls; kautrīgs penakut angstig engstelig, nervøs; sky bojaźliwy شرمندوكى، وېرندونكى، ډارن tímido timid, sperios пугливый; застенчивый plachý, bojazlivý plašen plašljiv försagd, blyg, timid ขี้ขลาด korkak, ürkek, çekingen 膽怯的 полохливий, боязкий بزدل، ڈرپوک، بودا nhút nhát 胆怯的
ˈtimidly adverb
skaam بِخَوْفٍ ، بِجُبْنٍ боязливо timidamente plaše, bázlivě die Ängstlichkeit frygtsomt φοβιτσιάρικα, ντροπαλά con miedo; tímidamente kartlikult با کم رویی؛ با ترس pelokkaasti timidement, craintivement כְּמִי שֶׁנִפחַד कायरता से plaho, bojažljivo félénken dengan takut-takut feimnislega; af hugleysi timidamente, timorosamente こわがって 겁 많게 droviai, baikščiai bailīgi; bikli; kautrīgi dgn rasa takut angstig engstelig, nervøst; sky bojaźliwie په وېره، په حيا، په شرم timidamente timid, fără curaj пугливо; застенчиво placho, bojazlivo plašno plašljivo blygt อย่างขี้ขลาด çekingen bir şekilde, utana sıkıla 羞怯地,膽怯地 несміливо بزدلي سے nhút nhát 胆小的,羞怯地
tiˈmidity noun
skaamheid جُبْن، خَوْف боязливост timidez plachost das Zinn frygtsomhed δειλία carácter asustadizo; timidez kartlikkus کم رویی؛ ترس pelokkuus timidité, caractère craintif בַּיישָנוּת कायरता plahost, bojažljivost félénkség sikap penakut feimni; hugleysi timidezza おくびょう 소심함 drovumas, baikštumas biklums; kautrība perasaan takut angstigheid engstelighet; skyhet bojaźliwość ډار، وېره: شرم، حيا timidez timiditate пугливость;застенчивость plachosť plašnost plašljivost försagdhet, blyghet ความขี้ขลาด ürkeklik, çekingenlik 膽怯,羞怯 соромливість; боязкість بزدلي، بودا پن tính nhút nhát 胆怯,羞怯
ˈtimidness noun
skaamheid خَوْف، جُبْن، خَجَل боязливост timidez bázlivost die Dose frygtsomhed ατολμία carácter asustadizo; timidez kartlikkus آزرم؛ ترس pelokkuus timidité, caractère craintif בַּיישָנוּת कायरतापूर्ण plahost, bojažljivost félénkség rasa takut feimni; hugleysi timidezza おくびょう 소심 drovumas, baikštumas biklums; kautrīgums perasaan takut angstigheid engstelighet; forsagthet bojaźliwość وېره timidez timiditate пугливость;застенчивость bojazlivosť plašnost plašljivost försagdhet, blyghet ความขี้ขลาด ürkeklik, çekingenlik 膽怯 боязкість; несміливість بزدلي tính nhút nhát 胆怯
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`Please would you tell me,' said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether it was good manners for her to speak first, `why your cat grins like that?'
`Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider.
Pollyanna advanced a little timidly. Now that the time had come, she felt unwontedly shy.
Then she heard the minister's wife suggest timidly that they, as a society, might perhaps assume his support and education instead of sending quite so much money this year to the little boys in far-away India.
"I don't look down on it at all," said Konstantin Levin timidly. "I don't even dispute it."
Pierre looked at her timidly over his spectacles, and like a hare surrounded by hounds who lays back her ears and continues to crouch motionless before her enemies, he tried to continue reading.
We have heard, Rodya, that Pyotr Petrovitch was so kind as to visit you today," Pulcheria Alexandrovna added somewhat timidly.
"I think it would be nice," said Cecily timidly, "and none of us have any experience of being editors, any more than Bev, so that wouldn't matter."
Even when their eyes had met, and her sister had approached the bed, Louisa lay for minutes looking at her in silence, and suffering her timidly to hold her passive hand, before she asked:
"Brother," said Jehan timidly, "I am come to see you."
And one big black rat, who seemed to want to say something to the Doctor, now crept forward timidly along the rail, watching the dog out of the corner of his eye.
So the soldier was summoned and entered the Throne Room timidly, for while Oz was alive he never was allowed to come farther than the door.

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