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# diffidently

adverb (diffidently)

«diffidently» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Diffidently means in a shy, unsure way, without much confidence and without wanting to push yourself forward. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffidently/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a character speaks diffidently when unsure whether he will be liked or allowed to do something

### Examples

- "May I come too?" she asked diffidently. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffidently/#x1)
- He held out his drawing diffidently, unsure if it was good. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffidently/#x2)
- Tom coughed diffidently before he raised his hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffidently/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «diffidently» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffidently/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«diffidently» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/diffidently.html) on Mova free.