diffidently

1. 1.

   in a diffident manner

   “`Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, `I like the work.'”

Questions about diffidently

What does diffidently mean?

diffidently means "in a diffident manner".

How many syllables are in diffidently?

diffidently has 4 syllables and divides as dif-fi-dent-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is diffidently a common word?

diffidently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.