-
Shyness (also
called diffidence) is the
feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or
awkwardness especially when a
person is
around other people. This...
- that she "gives us a
portrait of
raging want
beneath a
veneer of
surface diffidence". In the 1939-set ****ball
comedy Miss
Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Adams...
-
States before the
removals were to commence: It is with
considerable diffidence that I
attempt to
address the
American people,
knowing and
feeling sensibly...
- role is underwritten, but her
performance is
expert enough to make even
diffidence compelling." Wolf was a
commercial success,
grossing US$65 million (equivalent...
- the
Ladies (1692)
compared her to
Queen Elizabeth I. Her
modesty and
diffidence were
praised in
works such as A
Dialogue Concerning Women (1691) by William...
- accidit, ****ent quae non intellegunt." [Yet
students must
pronounce with
diffidence and cir****spection on the
merits of such
illustrious characters, lest...
- to
large land
concentrations in Abruzzo. In
accordance with a
general diffidence against the
Enlightenment ideas, the
Abruzzo po****tion of
different social...
-
became very close, with Philip's
tendency towards underconfidence and
diffidence counteracted by Olivares'
drive and determination.
Olivares rapidly became...
- and acting, and the play was
described as "a love
story with
brusque diffidence and a
wealth of humour."
Reviews of the
production in
London were slightly...
- of the film,
Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in
wrote that
Aaryan "nails the
diffidence and
callowness of his characters" but
bemoaned that he
lacked "brooding...
