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adjectivezaghaft; (modest) zurückhaltend* * *['difidənt](not confident.) schüchtern- academic.ru/86177/diffidently">diffidently- diffidence* * *dif·fi·dent[ˈdɪfɪdənt]1. (shy) zaghaft, schüchtern2. (modest) zurückhaltend, bescheiden* * *['dIfIdənt]adjzurückhaltend, bescheiden; smile zaghafthe was diffident about offering his help — er hat zaghaft seine Hilfe angeboten
* * *diffident adj (adv diffidently) schüchtern, ohne Selbstvertrauen:be diffident about doing sth etwas nur zögernd oder zaghaft tun* * *adjectivezaghaft; (modest) zurückhaltend* * *adj.schüchtern adj.
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