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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asked timidly" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It is often used to describe the manner in which someone asks a question, indicating that they are feeling nervous, shy, or unsure. Example: Sarah raised her hand and asked timidly, "Um, could you repeat the instructions again?"
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How much? he asked timidly.
"A rat ghost?" I asked timidly.
"Does it still hold up?" she asked timidly.
"Do you make ladies' shoes, too?" I asked timidly.
"Just what are footies, dear?" she asked timidly.
I asked timidly that if we saw the "big five" -- orca, bald eagle, humpback whale, Dall's porpoise and dolphin -- during our first day, could we whistle for the water taxi and beat it back to the mainland?
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"Coffee?" I ask timidly.
Soon, children who came to her knowing nothing about libraries -- a student once asked her timidly how much it might cost to "rent" a book from the school's collection -- got excited about reading, she says.
This time, however, we timidly asked, "Uh... ?" "Next week," he said.
"Mr. President, is everything O.K.?" a technician timidly asked.
After almost 40 years, he timidly asked his editor at the magazine, Judith Long, if she might intercede with "the brass" about a raise.
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