All 5 Uses of
diffident
in
Main Street
- He presented his idols diffidently, but he expanded in Carol's bookishness, in Miss Sherwin's voluminous praise, in Kennicott's tolerance of any one who amused his wife.†
Chpt 5 *
- If she had let him diffidently make love to her, it was not because she cared, but because she did not care, because it did not matter.†
Chpt 16
- She came diffidently to the second meeting of the board.†
Chpt 19
- She felt his kiss, diffident and reverent, on her eyelid.†
Chpt 31
- She watched him marching from the train, solid, assured, carrying his heavy suit-case, and she was diffident—he was such a bulky person to handle.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(diffident) hesitant and unassertive -- often due to a lack of self-confidence