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(diffident : shy, retiring, or timid)

The new teacher was diffident, and could not conduct a lesson without hiding behind her computer.

He was always so diffident and insecure that he spent all his life alone.

The diffident woman never fit in well at parties, where she invariably sat in a quiet corner.

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12y ago

His body language and expression were characterized by diffidence. Or, the definition of diffidence is when one doesn't exude confidence, or doesn't show signs of having a strong sense of self-worth, or are restrained in their conduct.

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Out of loyalty to her employers, the nanny answered the cops' questions diffidently, not wanting to reveal too much, but not wanting to obstruct a police investigation, either.

She stood in the doorway diffidently, scanning the faces at the party for people that she knew.

She worked so diffidently that many of her new co-workers had no idea that she had joined the company until the first mandatory company-wide meeting.

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13y ago

The lady was amused by the diffident suitor.

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