timidly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin timeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin timidusder.

Middle French timideder.

English timid

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English timidly

From timid + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪmɪdli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

timidly (comparative more timidly, superlative most timidly)

1. In a timid manner.
   • 1870, William Morris, “September: The Land East of the Sun and West of the Moon”, in The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, part III, London: F[rederick] S[tartridge] Ellis, […], →OCLC, page 80:

     His mother o'er her barm-cloth wide / Gazed forward somewhat timidly / The new-comer's bright weed to see.

   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs.

Translations

in a timid manner

• Catalan: tímidament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羞怯地

• Finnish: arasti (fi)
• French: timidement (fr)
• Galician: timidamente
• Greek: άτολμα (el) (átolma)
• Italian: timidamente (it)
• Latvian: bikli
• Portuguese: timidamente
• Spanish: tímidamente (es)
• Swedish: försagt (sv)
• Yiddish: שרעקעוודיק (shrekevdik)

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