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Meaning of self-effacingly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

The quality of carrying oneself in a humble manner.

Examples

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

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

self-evidently self-importantly self-indulgently self-mockingly self-pityingly self-possessedly

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