adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her husband was a quiet, self-effacing man who spent much of his time in his study.
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In those days women were expected to be quiet, passive and self-effacing .
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Jack faced this minor crisis with typical self-effacing humor.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A shy, self-effacing man, Williams was self-taught, and showed an independent and determined intellectual curiosity.
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As a race the Brits may sometimes be too self-effacing for our own good.
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But regarding 2 this teacher was not especially charismatic - in fact more self-effacing than naturally the centre of attention.
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Most guitarists know people who can outplay them in some way and so most register somewhere on the meek and self-effacing scale.
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Physically attractive and possessed of considerable personal charm, his demeanour was self-effacing , gracious and polite.
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Purple sandpipers arc the most self-effacing of birds.
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She'd been almost too self-effacing , he thought.
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They were brilliant, self-effacing men.