timorously

1. 1.

   in a timorous and trepid manner

   Synonymstrepidly

Questions about timorously

What does timorously mean?

timorously means "in a timorous and trepid manner".

How many syllables are in timorously?

timorously has 4 syllables and divides as ti-mo-rou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for timorously?

Close synonyms include trepidly. 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 timorously a common word?

timorously 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.