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He answers questions from customers in a diffident manner using riddles, "spells", and a (intentionally badly dubbed ) flute, which he refers to as a ' piccalillo '.
Their contrasting styles - Ivor, disingenously diffident and intellectual; Ian, ranting arsehole - made them an
aristocrat, but in place of the aristocrat's self-assuredness there is an air of slight uncertainty and diffidence.
With some diffidence I ordered a certificate, and there it was: 'born at Hawnby in 1842'.
Plainly it would be wrong to take the outward diffidence as an aura, but their healthy disrespect for those who hold the reins as well as their belief in the strength of the individual possesses obvious attractions.
Audience members who caught Laura Dreyfuss' leading turn in Broadway's Once will recognize her muted, demure delivery and hands-in-pockets diffidence as the woefully underdeveloped Zoe.
He led them through a succession of shadowy, chilly, gracious rooms with shuttered windows, apologizing for the mess and the state of decay: his dragging foot seemed to be part of his diffidence.
It was a measure of Simon's warmth and curiosity (and my diffidence, I suppose) that the initiative to meet came from him.
The desired changes voiced by each party clearly document Berlin's diffidence.
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