Sentence example with the word 'diffidently'

diffidently

Definition adv. in a diffident manner

Last update: January 1, 2016


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Something about the way she impulsively returned his smile and then diffidently looked away tugged at his heart.   [adjective]

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"I don't suppose," Tootles said diffidently [bashfully or timidly], "that I could be father."   [Please select]

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"I once thought of calling myself Red-handed Jack," he said diffidently.   [Please select]

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Making his way diffidently to one of the tables, he sat down.   [Please select]

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"Father," said Barnabas, advancing with hand outstretched, though rather diffidently--"Father."   [Please select]

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Hereupon the pedler of books rose to his feet and rather diffidently clasped the proffered hand.   [Please select]

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Grainger, somewhat diffidently, "if you would care to accept a position in my office."   [Please select]

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"Why, ye see," said George, somewhat diffidently, "ye see, Peter, Gaffer be so old."   [Please select]

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"There is the other embarrassment, then," pursued Theron, diffidently, "that Father Forbes is a vastly broader and deeper scholar--in all these matters--than I am."   [Please select]

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He added the last a trifle diffidently, with a shy glance at her costly clothes and her general air of refinement and distinction.   [Please select]

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