Boldness and excessive timidity are the two extremes to be avoided.

Her excessive timidity results in the phrasing of most of her comments as questions.

I was, indeed, extremely awkward, and my excessive timidity was increased by my pride.

Every thing in her features spoke of excessive timidity.

An excessive timidity had arisen from this abnormal sensitiveness.

I have vivacity, courage, firmness, elevation, and excessive timidity.

An excessive timidity had come to me from this aptitude to suffer on account of everything.

Awkwardly and with the bearlike roughness of excessive timidity I put my arms about her, drew her to me tentatively.

Erythrophobia, that is to say the habit of inopportune and constant blushing, is another of the commonest forms of excessive timidity.

I have before alluded to the excessive timidity of the cattle here, perhaps arising from the infrequency of strangers in these regions.

An accident, unimportant in itself, but which shows the excessive timidity of the little sagoins detained us some time at the mouth of the Tuamini.

Excessive timidity has cut down the dose until it has ceased to produce a real effect upon the disease.