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 →

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 →
• He held out his drawing diffidently, unsure if it was good. tree →
• Tom coughed diffidently before he raised his hand. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «diffidently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.