— timorously , adv. — timorousness , n.
/tim"euhr euhs/ , adj.
1. full of fear; fearful: The noise made them timorous.
2. subject to fear; timid.
3. characterized by or indicating fear: a timorous whisper.
[ 1400-50; late ME timorosus (L timor- (s. of timor ) fear + -osus -OUS) ]
Syn. 1. See cowardly .