Crossword clues for timorously
timorously
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Timorous \Tim"or*ous\, a. [LL. timorosus, from L. timor fear; akin to timere to fear. See Timid.]
Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
--Shak.Indicating, or caused by, fear; as, timorous doubts. ``The timorous apostasy of chuchmen.''
--Milman. [1913 Webster] -- Tim"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Tim"or*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a timorous manner.
WordNet
adv. in a timorous and trepid manner [syn: trepidly]
Usage examples of "timorously".
He pulled a genuine pewter tankard from under the bar, filled it, and timorously proffered it to Maladict.
The modern propagandist, like the modern psychologist, recognizes that men are often poor judges of their own interests, flitting from one alternative to the next without solid reason or clinging timorously to the fragments of some mossy rock of ages.
These draftee and non-special operations soldiers spent their time either huddling in the oversized, overcivilized base camps, or else timorously sweeping the jungle.
Glancing timorously around to see that nobody was watching he put out a hand, wrenched one of the spheroids from its stem.
Then Dominick Amador spotted him in the window and timorously waved a Crisco-filled mitten.
A presidential candidate stands on a podium recently occupied by the black equivalent of David Duke and timorously takes exception to the earlier speaker’.
A presidential candidate stands on a podium recently occupied by the black equivalent of David Duke and timorously takes exception to the earlier speakers enthusiasm for mob murder.
A presidential candidate stands on a podium recently occupied by the black equivalent of David Duke and timorously takes exception to the earlier speaker's enthusiasm for mob murder.