diffidently
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But her almost diffidently named “Good Hang” pole-vaulted her to the top of the podcast charts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Yes, we were responding to anonymous prompts, but we were looking, respectfully and diffidently, at a fellow human being.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2021
Joel smiled diffidently and admitted, "The ball has been bouncing my way so far."
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 16, 2020
“You are the governor, right?” one of the women asked diffidently.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2015
Impressed by this extraordinarily bad ERA, I diffidently informed my teacher, who told me to explain the fact to my class.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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