diffidently Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in a diffident manner
    • `Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'

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Dif"fi*dent*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a diffident manner.
    To stand diffidently against each other with their thoughts in battle array. Hobbes.

Webster 1913