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单词 timorously
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timorouslyadv.

/ˈtɪmərəsli/
Etymology: < timorous adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a timorous manner; timidly.
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the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adverb]
arghlyc1000
eislichec1175
faintly1297
fearedly1488
sheepishly1528
fearfully1548
timorously1548
tremblingly1552
sheepish1581
ghastly1589
frightfully1621
timidly1656
meticulouslya1682
fearingly1820
fearsomely1876
scarily1880
tremulously1886
mousily1910
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xxi. 117 He aunswereth sincerely..but timerously and very lowlye withal.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclxxiijv Rendryng so lightly and timourously.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 56 Timerously shunning all publick affairs.
1701 J. Woodward Acct. Relig. Societies London (ed. 3) i. 13 You will stand idly or timorously, when the Goliahs of the Prince of Darkness come forth and Blaspheme the Living God.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. iii. 47 ‘Hush!’ said a third, timorously looking round.
1885 Manch. Examiner 3 June 5/4 Reflections..timorously emphasised by a letter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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