5
timorously(adverb, fearfully, timidly, nervously)
4
apprehensively(adverb, fearfully, timidly, nervously)
4
timidly(adverb, fearfully, nervously)
3
fearfully(adverb, nervously)
3
sheepishly
3
shyly(adverb, modestly, fearfully, timidly, nervously)
2
backwardly
2
bashfully
2
coyly
2
demurely
2
hesitantly
2
modestly(adverb, inconspicuously, unremarkably)
2
mousily
2
nervously
2
shamefacedly
2
shily
1
coily
1
anxiously
1
faintheartedly
1
faintly
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