All 3 Uses of
timorous
in
The Water is Wide
- I nursed the course through mild disapproval, coddled it through every pitfall encountered on the way up proper channels, argued with timorous authorities, wrote out a magnificent course outline, then realized I did not know a single thing about the history of black people in.†
p. 13.5 *
- "Good morning" came the still timorous reply "Now, babies, I know your voices didn't dry up like ole fruit over the summertime.†
p. 25.9
- According to the stone tablet of administrative procedure, I should first have presented a complaint to Mrs. Brown, who would refer it to Mr. Sedgwick, who would mull over it for several weeks, then submit it for perusal by the antique Bennington, who would eventually and very timorously lay it on the tabernacle of Piedmont's desk.†
p. 198.3timorously = timidly
Definition:
timid (fearful) or shy