All timidly synonyms
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T t adv timidly
- daintily — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- flippantly — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- agilely — quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe: an agile leap.
- fearfully — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- discreetly — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- frivolously — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- apprehensively — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
- heedlessly — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- lightly — with little weight, force, intensity, etc.; gently: to press lightly on a door bell.
- diffidently — lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
- breezily — abounding in breezes; windy.
- airily — in a jaunty or high-spirited manner
- gingerly — with great care or caution; warily.
- guardedly — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- leniently — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- faintly — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- charily — cautiously; carefully
adverb timidly
- bashfully — In a bashful manner.
- gutlessly — In a gutless way; with cowardice.
- insecurely — subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- nervously — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- meekly — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- coyly — artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- ethereally — In an ethereal manner.
- falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.