What is the meaning of the word 'self-effacing' in German?

self-effacing - zurückhaltend


Some sentence examples which use the word 'self-effacing'

  • There entered a self-effacing young woman with pencil and notebook.
  • Then she would become gay and tender and mothering--an altogether sweeter, gentler and more self-effacing Maisie.
  • House's endless "formulae" always bore the self-effacing condition, "if Mr."
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