All 4 Uses of
diffident
in
Great Expectations
- As he had shown no diffidence on the subject, I ventured on the liberty of asking him the question, when he stood before me, dusting his hands.†
Chpt 24 *
- "Say a good fellow, if you want a phrase," returned Herbert, smiling, and clapping his hand on the back of mine—"a good fellow, with impetuosity and hesitation, boldness and diffidence, action and dreaming, curiously mixed in him."†
Chpt 30
- When she left off—and she had not laughed languidly, but with real enjoyment—I said, in my diffident way with her,— "I hope I may suppose that you would not be amused if they did me any harm."†
Chpt 33
- I presently asked, with increasing diffidence.†
Chpt 57
Definition:
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(diffident) hesitant and unassertive -- often due to a lack of self-confidence