All 8 Uses of
diffident
in
Sister Carrie
- She met girls of her own age, who looked at her as if with contempt for her diffidence.†
Chpt 4diffidence = hesitancy and unassertiveness due to a lack of self-confidence
- She followed him diffidently through the clattering automatons, keeping her eyes straight before her, and flushing slightly.†
Chpt 4 *diffidently = with hesitancy and unassertiveness
- In the diffident manner was nothing of the art of the courtesan.†
Chpt 13diffident = hesitant and unassertive
- "When will we be married?" she asked, diffidently, forgetting in her difficult situation that she had hoped he took her to be Drouet's wife.†
Chpt 21diffidently = with hesitancy and unassertiveness
- "I've had experience enough," said Hurstwood blandly, but he felt a little diffident about referring to Fitzgerald and Moy.†
Chpt 30diffident = hesitant and unassertive
- He felt a little diffident about asking concerning her success.†
Chpt 37
- They tried to be lively and willing, but there was an air of hang-dog diffidence about the place.†
Chpt 41diffidence = hesitancy and unassertiveness due to a lack of self-confidence
- There was something shamefaced or diffident about the movement, as if the intention were to conceal any idea of stopping until the very last moment.†
Chpt 45diffident = hesitant and unassertive
Definition:
hesitant and unassertive -- often due to a lack of self-confidence