1. In a diffident manner
   "'Oh, well,' he shrugged diffidently, 'I like the work.'"

See also: diffident

• stage direction
• stage director
• stage door
• stage effect
• stage fright
• stage left
• stage manager
• stage name
• stage right
• stage set
• stage setting
• stage technician
• stage whisper
• stage-manage
• stage-struck
• stagecoach
• stagecraft
• staged
• stagehand
• stager
• stagey
• stagflation
• stagflationary
• stagger
• stagger head