self-effacingly
adverb
uk/ˌself.ɪˈfeɪ.sɪŋ.li/us/ˌself.ɪˈfeɪ.sɪŋ.li/in a way thatavoidsmaking yourselfnoticeable:
不爱出风头地；谦虚地；低调地"There's 230peoplehere and 217 haven'theardof me," he said, self-effacingly.“这里有 230个人，其中有 217个人没听说过我，”他谦虚地说。
Fewpeoplehavecontributedas much and as self-effacingly toeducation.很少有人为教育做出如此大的贡献，却又如此谦虚。
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- He wasgenerallycontentto devote himselfsteadilyand self-effacingly to thecommunity.
- Hetalksself-effacingly about hiscareer.
- She was alwaysshrinkingself-effacingly into thecollarof heranorak.
Shy and modest
- aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- bashfully
- bashfulness
- deprecating
- humility
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- mousy
- reticent
- retiring
- self-conscious
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- self-deprecating
- wallflower
- withdrawn