Self-effacingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    The quality of carrying oneself in a humble manner.

    "John is difficult to distinguish sometimes because he carries himself so self-effacingly."

Example

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"John is difficult to distinguish sometimes because he carries himself so self-effacingly."

Etymology

From self-effacing + -ly.

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