We on the other hand remain curiously diffident - and rather dishonest - on the subject.

BBC: UK

So Beane hires as his assistant a pudgy, diffident non-athlete named Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), an economics major a few years out of Yale, who happens to be a disciple of the sabermetrics guru Bill James.

NEWYORKER: Playing The Numbers

The heir-apparent is a diffident, conflicted young man.

WSJ: Bookshelf: India's Past, Present, and Perhaps Future

He co-stars as Colin, a diffident aspiring writer whose older sister, J.

NEWYORKER: The Color Wheel

Despite being the fastest-growing, best-educated and most affluent minority group in America, Asians have traditionally been somewhat diffident when it comes to politics.

CNN: A place at the table

Her oily, gold-digging, hypocrite accomplice in anachronistic 1960s naughtiness Peter (Matthew Marsh), her diffident gay son Nick (Rory Kinnear) and raunchy daughter Libby's (Helen McCrory) bickering are great performances, but don't actually add up to a play.

WSJ: Review: Making a Drama of Diplomacy | 'Democracy' at the Old Vic | 'Last of the Haussmans' at the National Theatre