mousily
In shy manner
In a manner suggesting a mouse—timid, quiet, or unassertive.
Someone who speaks mousily does so softly and without confidence: She mousily asked if anyone needed help.
The word can also describe drab, colorless presentation: Her hair hung mousily around her face.
Reserved and retiring
- bashfulUncomfortably self-conscious
- meekHumbly unassertive
- timidlyIn fearful, hesitant fashion
- diffidentLacking self-assurance
hesitant · nervously · apprehensive · fearful · anxious · skittish · cowed · shrinking
In furtive manner
- stealthilyIn a covert manner
- covertlyDone without detection
- surreptitiouslyIn a hidden manner
- secretivelyIn concealed fashion
clandestinely · skulking · slinking · creeping · darting · scurrying · scampering · evasively
With little volume
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- hushedReduced to silence
- silentlyWithout audible noise
- mutedMade quieter or softer
gently · inaudibly · faintly · soundlessly · stealthily · tiptoe · padded · noiselessly
shy
Reserved and retiring
diffident · hesitant · nervously · apprehensive · fearful · anxious · skittish · cowed · shrinking · withdrawn
sneakily
In furtive manner
- stealthilyIn a covert manner
- covertlyDone without detection
- surreptitiouslyIn a hidden manner
secretively · clandestinely · skulking · slinking · creeping · darting · scurrying · scampering · evasively · watchfully
softly
With little volume
muted · gently · inaudibly · faintly · soundlessly · stealthily · tiptoe · padded · noiselessly · sotto voce
tiny
Extremely small in size
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- daintilyIn a graceful way
- delicatelyIn a careful, subtle manner
petite · slight · meager · minimally · compactly · narrowly · small · little · minutely · fine
mousilyboldly
With fearless confidence
assertively · bravely · intrepidly · courageously · fearlessly
mousilyloudly
With great volume
boisterously · flamboyantly · ostentatiously · conspicuously · showily