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# diffidently

«diffidently» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a shy, unsure way, without much confidence and without…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (diffidently)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «diffidently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/diffidently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.