Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtimid
Literary usage of Overtimid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society by American Bureau of Industrial Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Eugene Allen Gilmore (1910)
"... and while even German editors may try to represent to the overtimid working
men this increasing immigration as a misfortune, all staunch Republicans in ..."
2. The history of British India by James Mill (1817)
"... were so far as yet from taking any *ive. vigorous measures to oppose a torrent
by which they were likely to be overtimid and pas- . ..."
3. Correspondence on Church and Religion of William Ewart Gladstone by William Ewart Gladstone (1910)
"Two years before they had been overtimid in demanding liberty for themselves;
now they were overbold in refusing liberty to other people. ..."
4. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1904)
"For instance, probably- all teachers of methods in normal schools caution the
prospective teachers about eye-strain and overtimid children. ..."
5. The Old Testament and the New Scholarship by John Punnett Peters (1902)
"... not be staved off for ever by an overtimid conservatism. To be sure, these
changes, when they finally came, were not radical, and were extremely small ..."
6. Co-operative Credit for the United States by Henry William Wolff (1917)
"Although founders of a bank need not be overtimid about beginning business with
only a small number of members, other things being equal — mutual touch and ..."
7. The American Amateur Photographer (1901)
"... so great that you are overtimid about wasting plates; for there is bound to
be some waste, no matter how clever you are, and in the case of not a few of ..."
8. Municipal Ownership and Municipal Franchises (1906)
"In no case have the anticipations of the overtimid been justified. Good public
management, wise, honest and able officials, along with public confidence and ..."
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