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self-effacing

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self-ef·fac·ing (slf-fsng)
adj.
Not drawing attention to oneself; modest.
self-ef·facement (-fsmnt) n.
self-effacing
adj
tending to make oneself, one's actions, etc., inconspicuous, esp because of humility or timidity; modest
self-effacingly  adv
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Adj.1.self-effacing - reluctant to draw attention to yourself
reticent, retiring
unassertive - inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence; "a shy unassertive person"
Translations
self-effacing [ˌselfɪˈfeɪsɪŋ] ADJ → modesto, humilde
self-effacing [ˌsɛlfɪˈfeɪsɪŋ] adj → schivo/a e modesto/a
self-effacing [ˌsɛlfɪˈfeɪsɪŋ] adj → schivo/a e modesto/a


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In 1802 he married Mary Hutchinson, who had been one of his childish schoolmates, a woman of a spirit as fine as that of his sister, whom she now joined without a thought of jealousy in a life of self-effacing devotion to the poet.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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