17
cowardly(adjective, adverb, fearfully)
13
shyly(adverb, modestly)
10
fearfully(adverb, fearfully)
9
anxiously(adverb, fearfully)
9
bashfully(adverb, modestly)
8
demurely(adverb, modestly)
7
nervously(adverb, hesitantly, tentatively, indecisively)
6
apprehensively(adverb, fearfully, hesitantly, tentatively, indecisively)
6
spinelessly(adverb, fearfully)
6
timorously
5
diffidently
5
faintheartedly(adverb, fearfully)
5
modestly(adverb, modestly)
5
sheepishly
5
unobtrusively(adverb, modestly)
4
coyly(adverb, modestly)
4
humbly(adverb, modestly)
4
meekly(adverb, modestly)
4
mousily
4
tremulously(adverb, fearfully)
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