All 4 Uses of
diffident
in
David Copperfield
- The blowing of the coach-horn in the yard was a seasonable diversion, which made me get up and hesitatingly inquire, in the mingled pride and diffidence of having a purse (which I took out of my pocket), if there were anything to pay.†
Chpt 4-6
- I diffidently asked.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- I profit so much by it myself, in many ways — at least I ought to — that no one can be more convinced of it than myself; and therefore I speak with great diffidence, my dear Jane, I assure you.'†
Chpt 7-9
- 'I have been thinking, Trotwood,' said Agnes, diffidently, 'that if you had time —'†
Chpt 34-36
Definition:
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(diffident) hesitant and unassertive -- often due to a lack of self-confidence