diffidence Значение & определение

Примери за diffidence

• She spoke rather hesitantly, though this was less to do with diffidence than good manners.

• Someone found the words to break the uneasy diffidence.

• He spoke with a certain diffidence which added to his charm.

• The women's movement diffidence in debates on pluralism is also about its enduring scepticism about the value of engaging with the state.

• Those early clear waters, untainted by experience, influence and diffidence, are already flowing sweetly but surely.

• Nationalism and the imperial theme are now embarrassments, and diffidence is - as it is here - the usual rhetorical stance.

• This knowledge alone demands a certain diffidence towards both the analyses and their results.

• I approach this latter issue with considerable diffidence.