"Good mornin', mum," said the visitor, diffidently.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
"I came to see you, Teddy, on a very delikit business," said Mr. Kybird, taking a seat and gazing diffidently at his hat as he swung it between his hands; "though, as man to man, I'm on'y doing of my dooty.
"At Sunwich Port, Complete"
W.W. Jacobs
And Soames and Gail walked a little bit diffidently toward the same opened, lowered door.
"Long Ago, Far Away"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins AKA Murray Leinster