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timorously, adv.|ˈtɪmərəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a timorous manner; timidly.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John xxi. 117 He aunswereth sincerely..but timerously and very lowlye withal. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 273 b, Rendryng so lightly and timourously. 1655Stanley Hist. Philos. iii. (1701) 99/1 Timerously shunning all publick Affairs. 1697Jos. Woodward Relig. Soc. London i. (1701) 13 You will stand idly or timorously, when the Goliahs of darkness come forth and blaspheme the living God. 1835Lytton Rienzi i. iii, ‘Hush’, said a third, timorously looking round. 1885Manchester Exam. 3 June 5/4 Reflections..timorously emphasised by a letter. |