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Meanings of so timid in English

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Usage of so timid in English
1
Mamma is so timid-ifshe saw me it might make her ill.
Daniel Deronda
2
These birds by nature lend themselves to such tricks, being so timid.
The Amateur Poacher
3
Go, go to bed, Louisa, and do not be so timid, child.
The Youth of the Great Elector
4
Don't be so timid, I shan't break to pieces if I'm touched.
Nightfall
5
Soon many people did come round, and did look, Oh so timid.
The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
6
For the love of Jupiter, Selene, are you really so timid?
Daughters of the Nile
7
She was so timid, that driving to Whangarei was too daunting, she said.
Radio NZ
8
We will be fearless and companionable who have been so timid and solitary.
Here are Ladies
9
It was so timid that he expected it to be the linguist, Phillips.
Mortal Dictata
10
Vehemently the young man, ordinarily so timid and diffident, approached her.
The Mississippi Bubble / How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and S...
11
But I am not so timid, and can speak the Queen's English plainly.
New Arabian Nights
12
They say it is full of grim spectres, and I am so timid!
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know
13
But then men are so timid, so false, and so blind!
The Eustace Diamonds
14
Certainly not by so timid a man and unimaginative a writer as Charles Dickens.
Drood: a novel
15
And then some folks wonder why I am so timid.
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
16
Dicky could not think what it mattered, or why her voice was so timid.
Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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