timorously
adverb
literaryuk/ˈtɪm.ər.əs.li/us/ˈtɪm.ɚ.əs.li/in a way that isnervousand withoutconfidence:
羞怯地；胆小地，胆怯地She went timorously up thesteps, and after atimedaredtocrossthethreshold.她胆怯地走上台阶，过了一会儿才敢跨过门槛。
"We could have arethink," hesuggestedtimorously.“我们可以重新考虑一下，”他胆怯地建议道。
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timorous
- Seeing somehutswe timorouslytappedon thedoorof one.
- Tosuggestthat theboardwascoweringtimorously before the Government isludicrous.
- Theysatinsilencetheentiretime,occasionallyaskingtimorously, 'Teacher, can youspellthat again?''
Cowardly
- be afraid of your own shadowidiom
- bottle
- bottle out
- chicken
- chicken out
- craven
- cravenness
- fainthearted
- gutless
- lily-livered
- spineless
- spinelessly
- spinelessness
- timid
- timidity
- unadventurous
- weak-kneed
- wimp
- wimp out
- wimpy