Also, in recent use, unconfidently adv.
a. 1652. A. Wilson, Jas. I. (1653), 51. The Jesuits unconfident of him (inclining more to the hot zeal of Spain) one of their Instruments stab’d him into the mouth with a knife, without much hurt.
1869. Athenæum, 13 Feb., 242/1. I mean, us unconfident lovers.
1871. Ruskin, Fors Clav., ix. 8. [He] turned to me with an anxious, yet not unconfident expression.
