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# timidly

adverb

«timidly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Timidly means in a shy, nervous, frightened way, without confidence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timidly/#m1)

### In the lessons

A story word for a character who is shy or scared: «she asked timidly». In Alice, Alice often speaks timidly to strange creatures; in The Wind in the Willows Mole is timid at first in the Wild Wood. It helps the reader feel the character's nervousness.

### Examples

- The new girl timidly raised her hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timidly/#x1)
- «May I come in?» asked Mole timidly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timidly/#x2)
- The deer timidly stepped out of the wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timidly/#x3)
- Alice timidly began to explain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timidly/#x4)
- He knocked timidly on the head teacher's door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timidly/#x5)
- The puppy timidly sniffed my hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timidly/#x6)
- “What was that?” she asked timidly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timidly/#x7)

### Note

From «timid» + «-ly». Noun: timidity. Opposite: boldly, confidently.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «timidly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/timidly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«timidly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/timidly.html) on Mova free.