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Definition: Timidly |
TimidlyAdverb1. In a shy or timid or bashful manner; "he smiled shyly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "timidly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1798. (references) |
Synonyms: TimidlySynonyms: bashfully (adv), shyly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Timidly |
| English words defined with "timidly": quavering ♦ tremulous. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "timidly": Beating about the Bush. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | I'm here, she announced timidly, to whom it might concern. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | Alice went timidly up to the door, and knocked. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head before this Spirit. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He approached timidly and knelt at the last bench in the body, thankful for the peace and silence and fragrant shadow of the church. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | For a long time Muley looked at him, almost timidly. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | This man seemed to me to lean over the cornice, and timidly whisper his half truth to the rude occupants who really knew it better than he. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Argentina | The trend to value ecological products in search for a better quality of life is timidly, but increasingly denoted in supermarket shelves, offering products to satisfy those who care for the environment and their own health. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Timidly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Timidly" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 63 | 42,364 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
timidly | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "timidly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بحياء, بخوف (fearfully), بخجل (gingerly, shamefacedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | timidement, craintivement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | furchtsam (fearful, fearfully, sheepish, timid, timorous, timorously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δειλώσ (sheepishly, shily, shyly, timorously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vergognosamente (disgracefully, shamefacedly, shamefully, shyly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 恐恐 (cautiously, fearfully, respect), 恐々 (cautiously, fearfully, respect), 恐る恐る , 怖ず怖ず (nervously, trembling with fear, with nervous diffidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おずおず (nervously, trembling with fear, with nervous diffidence), おそるおそる, "わ"わ (cautiously, fearfully, nervously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dy faitagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imidlytay робко. (various references) ti/midamente, encogidamente (bashfully, shyly). (various references) соромливо (bashfully, confusedly, coyly, shamefacedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Timidly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tinily. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "timidly" (pronounced ti"mudlē) |
| 5 | -m u d l ē | unashamedly. |
| 4 | -u d l ē | acidly, admittedly, advisedly, allegedly, assertedly, assuredly, avidly, avowedly, belatedly, candidly, contentedly, decidedly, deservedly, determinedly, doggedly, evenhandedly, excitedly, guardedly, heatedly, markedly, placidly, pointedly, purportedly, rapidly, repeatedly, reportedly, reputedly, rigidly, ruggedly, solidly, splendidly, stupidly, supposedly, unabashedly, undoubtedly, unexpectedly, unprecedentedly, validly, vividly, wholeheartedly, wickedly, wretchedly. |
| 3 | -d l ē | absurdly, awkwardly, badly, baldly, blandly, blindly, boldly, broadly, coldly, cowardly, crudely, cuddly, dastardly, deadly, Diddley, downwardly, fondly, friendly, gladly, godly, goodly, grandly, haphazardly, hardly, hurriedly, idly, inwardly, kindly, loudly, madly, medley, mildly, niggardly, oddly, otherworldly, outwardly, profoundly, proudly, Ridley, roundly, rudely, sadly, secondly, shrewdly, soundly, straightforwardly, thirdly, unfriendly, ungodly, upwardly, weirdly, widely, wildly, worldly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-i-i-l-m-t-y" | |
-1 letter: dimity, tidily. | |
-2 letters: dimly, limit, milty, timid. | |
-3 letters: idly, idyl, imid, limy, midi, mild, milt, mity, tidy. | |
-4 letters: dim, dit, lid, lit, mid, mil, til, yid. | |
-5 letters: id, it, li, mi, my, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-i-i-l-m-t-y" | |
+2 letters: limitedly, limpidity. | |
+3 letters: bimodality, midnightly, myelitides. | |
+4 letters: immediately, indomitably, unlimitedly. | |
+5 letters: admirability, admonitorily, diminutively, meditatively, modulability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 69 6D 69 64 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .. -- .. -.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101001 01101101 01101001 01100100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T i m i d l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0069 006D 0069 0064 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54757975707891 |
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Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; 乌克兰, for Ukranian; |
