adverb
- In a diffident manner.
- usage: "`Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'"
Diffidently and Skeptically
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(adv.) In a diffident manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
adverb
- With scepticism; in a sceptical manner.
- usage: "he looked at her sceptically"
- synonyms: sceptically
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