Related Clues:
- Faint of heart
- Modest or spiritless
- Chickenhearted
- Express alarm after Frenchman is shy
- Shy and quiet
- Acquiescent
- Not at all assertive
- Like Walter Mitty
- Overly submissive
- Embarrassed at call for silence at journey's end
- Just short of retiring
- Not at all forward
- Shunning the spotlight, maybe
- Lacking the required funds
- Unlikely to streak