diffident
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In “One of Us,” Elizabeth Day’s shrewd novel of political ambition and personal retribution, the unlikely avenger is a diffident British art historian.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
But the overarching tone, across the board, is oddly diffident.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2025
But, he was naturally diffident - which worked in his favour when he auditioned to play Dr James Kildare, a medical intern struggling to learn his profession, in NBC's new primetime medical drama.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025
The one place he prefers not to speak is in his classroom, to his diffident students.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
She was a practical, worldly, diffident woman, and her modem, pragmatic character was a serious obstacle to telepathy.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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