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Self-effacing   /sɛlf-ɪfˈeɪsɪŋ/   Listen
Self-effacing

adjective
1.
Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.  Synonyms: reticent, retiring.





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... her quiet and self-effacing manner, had aspirations, Milly suspected. She could not compete either with Mrs. Howard Bunker or Mrs. Montgomery Billman, of course, but she aspired to the Serious and the Distinguished, instead of the Rich or the merely Artistic. She went ...
— One Woman's Life • Robert Herrick
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Words linked to "Self-effacing" :   unassertive, reticent


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