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Definition of Diffidently
1. Adverb. In a diffident manner. "`Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'"
Definition of Diffidently
1. adv. In a diffident manner.
Definition of Diffidently
1. Adverb. In a diffident manner; without confidence in oneself. ¹
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Definition of Diffidently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffidently
Literary usage of Diffidently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Selection from the Letters of Lydia Ann Barclay, a Minister of the Gospel by Lydia Ann Barclay (1862)
"And now, in allusion to what thou so diffidently hints at in thy last, I would
have thee rest under the Divine power that can clear and make way for, ..."
2. Letters from Elizabeth Sophia de Valiere to her friend Louisa Hortensia de by Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (1772)
"Vain complaints! vain forrow F —May fhe', at leaft, who retraces to- me fo
affecting an image, relent in my favour, and think me diffidently ..."
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