All 3 Uses of
diffident
in
Middlemarch
- "You are very good," said Ladislaw, beginning to lose his diffidence in the interest with which he was observing the signs of weeping which had altered her face.†
Chpt 2 *
- He was a diffident though distinguished nurseryman, and feared that the audience might regard his bid as a foolish one.†
Chpt 6
- But Sir James Chettam was no longer the diffident and acquiescent suitor: he was the anxious brother-in-law, with a devout admiration for his sister, but with a constant alarm lest she should fall under some new illusion almost as bad as marrying Casaubon.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(diffident) hesitant and unassertive -- often due to a lack of self-confidence