Diffident
Diffident adjective - Not comfortable around people.
Hesitantly and diffident are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Hesitantly" with "Diffident", this adjectives are similar.
Nearby Words: diffidence, diffidently
Hesitantly
Hesitantly adverb - With hesitation; in a hesitant manner.
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Synonyms for Hesitantly
Diffident and hesitantly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Diffident" instead an adjective "Hesitantly".
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Related pairs
- dubious and diffident
- dubious and hesitantly
- nervous and diffident
- nervous and hesitantly
- doubtful and diffident
- doubtful and hesitantly
- hesitant and diffident
- hesitant and hesitantly
- reluctant and diffident
- reluctant and hesitantly
- shy and diffident
- shy and hesitantly
- bashful and diffident
- bashful and hesitantly
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