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diffidently

/dif-i-duhnt-lee/US // ˈdɪf ɪ dənt li //

谦虚地,虚心地,谦逊地,谦虚地表示

Related Words

nervously紧张地,紧张兮兮地,紧张兮兮,紧张的timidly怯懦地,怯怯地,胆怯地,怯生生地quietly悄悄地,静静地,悄悄的,安静地simply只是,只是单纯的,只是简单的,只是简单地plainly明显地,明显,明确地,明明是humbly谦逊地,谦卑地,谦虚地,谦恭地apprehensively忧虑地,忐忑不安地,忐忑地,顾虑重重地shrinkingly萎缩地,缩水的,缩减,缩水shyly羞涩地,害羞地,羞怯地,羞涩的timorously定时,及时,及时地,定时地purely纯粹是,纯粹的,单纯的,单纯bashfully腼腆地,腆着脸,腆着肚子,羞涩地chastely贞洁地,坚贞地,贞节地,坚贞不屈地demurely谦虚地,谦逊地,伪装,佯装retiringly退而求其次,隐居地,退而求其次地,即将退休unassumingly毫不客气地,毫不客气地说,平易近人地,毫不费力地unobtrusively毫不掩饰地,毫不起眼地,毫不起眼的,毫不起眼unpresumptuously不加掩饰地,不经意地,不加掩饰,不加掩饰的unpretentiously朴实无华,谦逊地,朴实无华地,朴素virtuously贤惠地,贤能地,贤明地,贤惠

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a way that shows lack of confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness; timidly or shyly:He saw her approaching rather diffidently, trying to summon up her courage, smiling an uncertain smile.
    • : in a restrained or reserved way:He got them to do the right thing not by scolding or nagging, but by calmly and diffidently laying out the logic of his position.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as infearfully
Synonyms
nervously紧张地,紧张兮兮地,紧张兮兮,紧张的timidly怯懦地,怯怯地,胆怯地,怯生生地apprehensively忧虑地,忐忑不安地,忐忑地,顾虑重重地in alarm在报警,在警报中,在警报声中,惊动in fright惊吓,惊恐中,惊魂未定,惊恐万状in terror恐怖中,在恐怖中,惊恐中,恐怖中的shrinkingly萎缩地,缩水的,缩减,缩水shyly羞涩地,害羞地,羞怯地,羞涩的timorously定时,及时,及时地,定时地
as inmodestly
Synonyms
humbly谦逊地,谦卑地,谦虚地,谦恭地plainly明显地,明显,明确地,明明是quietly悄悄地,静静地,悄悄的,安静地simply只是,只是单纯的,只是简单的,只是简单地bashfully腼腆地,腆着脸,腆着肚子,羞涩地chastely贞洁地,坚贞地,贞节地,坚贞不屈地demurely谦虚地,谦逊地,伪装,佯装purely纯粹是,纯粹的,单纯的,单纯retiringly退而求其次,隐居地,退而求其次地,即将退休shyly羞涩地,害羞地,羞怯地,羞涩的unassumingly毫不客气地,毫不客气地说,平易近人地,毫不费力地unobtrusively毫不掩饰地,毫不起眼地,毫不起眼的,毫不起眼unpresumptuously不加掩饰地,不经意地,不加掩饰,不加掩饰的unpretentiously朴实无华,谦逊地,朴实无华地,朴素virtuously贤惠地,贤能地,贤明地,贤惠

Examples

  • It also raises the worry about writerly futility before closing with a diffident call for community, hope and faith in the possible.

  • Dylan later acknowledged, somewhat diffidently, that Edie was an “exciting girl, very enthusiastic.”

  • The nation looked diffidently into the vast mirror of the Olympics and—to collective surprise—found it liked what it saw.

  • He would chuck one under the chin, or feel diffidently the soft little cheek, but a closer familiarity scared him.

  • When the parson had got to his feet again, Aunt Esther All diffidently touched his elbow.

  • She told him, told the story graphically and well, but so far as her own part in it was concerned rather diffidently.

  • Mademoiselle, please do not think that I mean to intrude, I said diffidently, when I had come to her side.

  • "I've never spoken of that to any man, sir, but I've been thinking about it," announced the sergeant diffidently.

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