15
timidly(adverb, anxiously, modestly, fearfully, hesitantly)
9
bashfully(adverb, modestly, inconspicuously, unremarkably)
7
coyly(adverb, modestly)
5
diffidently(adverb, modestly, inconspicuously, unremarkably)
4
sheepishly
4
cautiously(adverb, fearfully, hesitantly, nervously, timorously)
4
tentatively(adverb, fearfully, irresolutely, hesitantly, nervously)
4
timorously
3
hesitantly(adverb, anxiously, fearfully, irresolutely, nervously)
3
demurely(adverb, modestly)
3
modestly(adverb, modestly)
3
nervously
3
uncertainly(adverb, irresolutely, hesitantly)
3
unobtrusively(adverb, modestly)
2
gingerly
2
anxiously
2
fearfully
2
inconspicuously
2
spinelessly(adverb, irresolutely)
1
unwillingly(adverb, irresolutely)
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