timidly

1. 1.

   in a shy or timid or bashful manner

   “he smiled shyly”

   Synonymsshylybashfully

Questions about timidly

What does timidly mean?

timidly means "in a shy or timid or bashful manner".

How many syllables are in timidly?

timidly has 3 syllables: tim-id-ly. The stress falls on "tim". In IPA it is /ˈtɪmədli/.

What is another word for timidly?

Close synonyms include shyly, bashfully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is timidly a common word?

timidly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.