self-effacement
noun
the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
self-effacingly
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a word derived from
self-effacement.
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a word derived from
self-effacing.
self-effacingadjectivetending to make oneself, one's actions, etc, inconspicuous, esp because of humility or timidity; modest
Example Sentences
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In it, Bishop jokes, self-effacingly, about her “George-Washington-handicap”: “I can’t tell a lie even for art, apparently; it takes an awful lot of effort or a sudden jolt to make me alter the facts.”
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2015
Kate E. Ryan’s “Card and Gift,” which opened over the weekend at the Wild Project in the East Village, makes its own, self-effacingly oddball contribution to this mini-renaissance.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2015
Spieth admitted afterwards that he had struggled to sleep on Saturday night, self-effacingly pointing to his prematurely receding hairline as an indication of the stress he has been under.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2015
Lonergan's play grows a bit too explanatory in its final stages, but it contains moments of behavioral truthfulness that allow Cera to self-effacingly soar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2014
It was living as—well, as Molly Brandeis had lived, helpfully, self-effacingly, magnificently.
From Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber
