adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her former classmates say she was shy and diffident in school.
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Joe was humble and diffident about his own success.
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Shaun became noticeably diffident when the conversation turned to the subject of his promotion.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From being a painfully shy, diffident recluse, he suddenly metamorphosed into a garrulous and sometimes painfully overbearing extrovert.
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He seemed diffident , even shy.
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The Neanderthals seemed unexpectedly gentle and diffident people.
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The voice at the other end was light, gentle, diffident .