Confidence vs Diffidently - What's the difference?
confidence | diffidently |
Passive self-assurance.
Expression or feeling of certainty.
The quality of trusting.
Information held in secret.
In a diffident manner; without confidence in oneself.
* 1856 , , preface
* 1883 , Evelyn Whitaker, Miss Toosey's Mission , page 85
* 1902 , Ellen Glasgow, The Voice of the People , page 193
As a noun confidence
is passive self-assurance.As an adverb diffidently is
in a diffident manner; without confidence in oneself.confidence
English
(wikipedia confidence)Noun
(-)Quotations
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author= , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1citation, passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}} * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 39 *: Khedron hesitated for a moment, wondering how far he should take Jeserac into his confidence . He knew that Jeserac was kindly and well-intentioned, but he also knew that he must be bound by the same taboos that controlled everyone on Diaspar.
Antonyms
* (self-assurance ): fearDerived terms
* confidence interval * confidence level * confidence trickdiffidently
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- The author too keenly feels that he has no further claims than these, and he therefore most diffidently asks for his work the indulgence of his readers.
- The same evening John Rossitter wrote to the Bishop of Nawaub, and very humbly and diffidently offered himself, his young life, his health and his strength, his talents and energies, his younger son's portion, all that God had given him, for his Master's use;
- "May I see you sometimes?" he asked diffidently .