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Adverb
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That must be fearfully difficult in warfare, and even more formidable in the theater.—
From staff reports,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
26 Feb. 2026 -
As economic uncertainty continues, financial experts break down how Black women can use investing and trading strategically—not fearfully.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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So much so that after the discussion, Cole shyly approached the stranger.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Naroditsky removes his blindfold and smiles shyly.—
Jordan Himelfarb,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Such a hearing is useful only because the players, Walz and Ellison, were grilled by people not obsequiously invested in them and who don’t hold back their accusations of malfeasance.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
7 Mar. 2026
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Doctrines and designs which a few years since could find no mouthpiece out of a bar-room, or the piratical den of a filibuster, are now clothed with power by the authentic response of the bench of our highest judicatory, and obsequiously iterated from the oracular recesses of the National Palace.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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So Rizo, a little bashfully but mostly just with determination, heads right on back.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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And social director Kassidy Silva bashfully admitted to liking Tabi nails with the peeking-through-hands emoji.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Timidly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timidly. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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