Definitions
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- adverb Rare spelling of
timorously .
Etymologies
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timourous + -ly
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Examples
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Brittles obeyed; the group, peeping timourously over each other’s shoulders, beheld no more formidable object than poor little Oliver Twist, speechless and exhausted, who raised his heavy eyes, and mutely solicited their compassion.
Oliver Twist 2007
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