timorously
adverb literary uk/ˈtɪm.ər.əs.li/ us/ˈtɪm.ɚ.əs.li/
羞怯地;胆小地，胆怯地
in a way that is nervous and without confidence
She went timorously up the steps, and after a time dared to cross the threshold. 她胆怯地走上台阶，过了一会儿才敢跨过门槛。
"We could have a rethink," he suggested timorously. “我们可以重新考虑一下，”他胆怯地建议道。
See: timorous
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- Seeing some huts we timorously tapped on the door of one.
- To suggest that the board was cowering timorously before the Government is ludicrous.
- They sat in silence the entire time, occasionally asking timorously, 'Teacher, can you spell that again?''