adverb
- In a diffident manner.
- usage: "`Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'"
Diffidently and Questioningly
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(adv.) In a diffident manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
adverb
- In a curious and questioning manner.
- usage: "they turned their heads questioningly, as if awaiting further instructions"
- synonyms: wonderingly
- In a quizzical and questioning manner.
- usage: "they looked quizzically at the doctor"
- synonyms: quizzically
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