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What is the adjective for diffidently?

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diffident
  1. (archaic): Lacking confidence in others; distrustful.
  2. Lacking confidence in oneself; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve.
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    1. “He looked rather sheepish and diffident, hands in pockets and a nervous grin on his face.”
      “Emotionally diffident, he lacks the physical and dramatic force to invest the role with heroism.”
      “The tenor in these passages is definitive and assertive, quite at odds with the unassuming, almost diffident, tone of the rest of the book.”
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