Both Uses
self-effacing
in
Queen of Attolia
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- Attolia saw his smile, without any hint of self-effacement or flattery or opportunism, a smile wholly unlike that of any member of her court, and she hit him across the face with her open hand.†
Chpt 2 *
- He glanced up and dared a self-effacing smile.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(self-effacing) modest and reluctant to draw attention to yourself
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)