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Definition
hesitant and unassertive — often due to a lack of self-confidence
- He coughs diffidently.3.3 — Act 3 Scene 3 (**% in)
diffidently = unassertively (as if wishing not to bother anyone)
There are no more uses of "diffident" in A Streetcar Named Desire.
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