Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not drawing attention to oneself; modest.
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- adjective
Shy , extremelyhumble andmodest ; making oneself seemunnoticeable .
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- adjective reluctant to draw attention to yourself
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Examples
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Weingart stared straight ahead, his expression self-effacing, his hands resting on the spokes of his steering wheel.
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Weingart stared straight ahead, his expression self-effacing, his hands resting on the spokes of his steering wheel.
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Weingart stared straight ahead, his expression self-effacing, his hands resting on the spokes of his steering wheel.
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Weingart stared straight ahead, his expression self-effacing, his hands resting on the spokes of his steering wheel.
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Lily is a rather private person and has been described as self-effacing.
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Lily is a rather private person and has been described as self-effacing.
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Lily is a rather private person and has been described as self-effacing.
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This rabbi is too self-effacing and that one— good God!
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Though self-effacing "It isn't my personality to be particularly proud of what I do" the composer seems to recognize his legacy as arguably the only living film composer with both classical credentials and name recognition among everyday moviegoers.
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"We did not know about that," Kriemler says, in characteristically self-effacing fashion.
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