The Kremlin ridiculed the European response, suggesting it was reacting "very timidly... almost in a whisper".

“If you pitch timidly and you walk guys or you fall behind, you’re really just setting yourself up for failure,” Cease said.

Alice plays the piano timidly, and it’s not just because the character is nervous about the trial and has a complex relationship with her mother’s number.

One woman traveled over an hour from a different city, timidly hovering near the entrance before eventually telling Oh that she had come to see the bananas.

“Some dare not take responsibility, wait timidly for orders from above, and don’t move without being pushed.”