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Diffidently
Diffidently Dif"fi*dent*ly, adv. In a diffident manner. To stand diffidently against each other with their thoughts in battle array. --Hobbes.

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- Shyness (also called diffidence) is the feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or awkwardness especially when a person is around other people. This...
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- bases this judgement on three considerations; first Muhammad is very diffident about his own position, he accepts the Pagan tribes within the Umma, and...
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-  Smelling of gold and blood and flame. And he paced our bricks with a diffident air, And built his frame on the courthouse square. [...] And innocent...