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Meanings of painfully diffident in английском

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Usage of painfully diffident in английском
1
He had seen heavy action in Indochina, which left him painfully diffident.
Secret of the seventh son
2
His voice was weak, he stammered in his speech, and was painfully diffident.
Successful Methods of Public Speaking
3
He was often, on the contrary, quite painfully diffident.
The Book-Bills of Narcissus / An Account Rendered by Richard Le ...
4
They are so annoyingly abject; so painfully diffident.
The Daughters of Danaus
5
She again, may become painfully diffident, and a recluse in her bearing, if not subjected to the society of the more confident sex.
The Young Maiden
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