0 not making yourself noticeable, or not trying to get the attention of other people: --
The captain was typically self-effacing when questioned about the team's successes, giving credit to the other players.
Though his manner is modest and self-effacing, he seldom left one in any doubt about the proper course to follow.
He has carried out his many responsibilities here with dignity, self-effacing courtesy and unfailing kindness.
Previously almost the most self-effacing quango in the land, it now takes centre stage as it has to handle such important questions.
True, there are bound to be some extremely self-effacing citizens or some whose confidence in state authority is so great as to quash any resentment at paternalistic interference.
There have been no big media splashes, no major festivals of his music - in any case, these would be quite out of keeping with its self-effacing nature.
Somehow this seems appropriate for such a self-effacing man.
This quote is revealing of the tone of the book - self-effacing to a fault.
There is also the occasional self-effacing exploration by a male academic2 of the arena female practitioners find themselves in.
