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Meaning of "self-effacingly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF-EFFACINGLY

self-effacingly  [ˌsɛlfɪˈfeɪsɪŋlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF-EFFACINGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Self-Effacingly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SELF-EFFACINGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of self-effacingly in the English dictionary

The definition of self-effacingly in the dictionary is in a self-effacing manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SELF-EFFACINGLY


bouncingly
ˈbaʊnsɪŋlɪ
bracingly
ˈbreɪsɪŋlɪ
convincingly
kənˈvɪnsɪŋlɪ
debasingly
dɪˈbeɪsɪŋlɪ
depressingly
dɪˈprɛsɪŋlɪ
distressingly
dɪsˈtresɪŋlɪ
embarrassingly
ɪmˈbærəsɪŋlɪ
embracingly
ɪmˈbreɪsɪŋlɪ
enticingly
ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋlɪ
hissingly
ˈhɪsɪŋlɪ
increasingly
ɪnˈkriːsɪŋlɪ
menacingly
ˈmɛnɪsɪŋlɪ
missingly
ˈmɪsɪŋlɪ
promisingly
ˈprɒmɪsɪŋlɪ
rejoicingly
rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋlɪ
self-sacrificingly
ˌsɛlfˈsækrɪˌfaɪsɪŋlɪ
surpassingly
sɜːˈpɑːsɪŋlɪ
unceasingly
ʌnˈsiːsɪŋlɪ
unconvincingly
ˌʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋlɪ
unpromisingly
ʌnˈprɒmɪsɪŋlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF-EFFACINGLY

self-educated
self-education
self-effacement
self-effacing
self-elected
self-employed
self-employment
self-esteem
self-evaluation
self-evidence
self-evident
self-evidently
self-examination
self-examining
self-excited
self-exculpatory
self-executing
self-existence
self-existent
self-explaining

WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF-EFFACINGLY

accordingly
amazingly
astonishingly
correspondingly
exceedingly
interestingly
irritatingly
knowingly
livingly
lovingly
overwhelmingly
seemingly
shockingly
sickeningly
singly
sparingly
strikingly
strongly
stunningly
surprisingly
willingly

Synonyms and antonyms of self-effacingly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «self-effacingly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF-EFFACINGLY

Find out the translation of self-effacingly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of self-effacingly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self-effacingly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自effacingly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

auto- effacingly
570 millions of speakers

English

self-effacingly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्म effacingly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الذاتي effacingly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

само- effacingly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

auto - effacingly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্ব-effacingly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

auto- effacingly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Diri merosot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbst effacingly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自己effacingly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자기 effacingly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyemangati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tự effacingly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுய effacingly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आत्म-निष्क्रीयपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendinden effacingly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

auto- effacingly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

self- effacingly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

само- effacingly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

auto- effacingly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτο - effacingly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

self- effacingly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

själv effacingly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selv effacingly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self-effacingly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-EFFACINGLY»

The term «self-effacingly» is used very little and occupies the 151.127 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF-EFFACINGLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «self-effacingly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «self-effacingly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about self-effacingly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-EFFACINGLY»

Discover the use of self-effacingly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self-effacingly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Relating to Responsibility: Essays for Tony Honoré on His ...
In demanding that D have acted so entirely self- effacingly for the sake of P, the law undermines its own position that P in turn owes the same obligation to take extreme care not to injure D. How could the existence of this reciprocal obligation  ...
Peter Cane, Tony Honoré, John Gardner, 2001
2
Hegel's Ladder: Volume I: The Pilgrimage of Reason; Volume ...
What sets this book apart from the rest is Harris's deep commitment to thinking Hegel in context, even when Hegel's position runs counter to Harris's own cultural and philosophical position.
H. S. Harris, 1997
3
D.H. Lawrence: Triumph to Exile, 1912-1922
Barbara Low destroyed some letters (though she kept the more personal ones) because she thought, self-effacingly, that they were to a person of little importance. Not all the letters to Katherine Mansfield or to John Middleton Murry have ...
Mark Kinkead-Weekes, 1996
4
Donne at Sermons: A Christian Existential World
The technique defined here for such channeling is Donne's usual one, self- effacingly attributed to "the holy Ghost" who "directs us to that that is nearest us, to ... testimony of man, that instrumentally, ministerially works . . . beliefe in men.
Gale H. Carrithers, 1972
5
A Sea for Encounters: Essays Towards a Postcolonial Commonwealth
In Tryambak Sapkale's poem “Eklavya,” the low-caste character from the Maharabharata who self-effacingly cuts off his thumb, is irreverently asked, “Give me the finger you cut off; that will be my fulcrum” (AZ 152). In the poem “ Angulimal,” the ...
Stella Borg Barthet, 2009
6
Chong Yagyong: Korea's Challenge to Orthodox Neo-Confucianism
And it was Confucius, who, self-effacingly referring to himself as a transmitter rather than a creator in the respect that he was simply conveying the teachings of the Duke of Chou and the Early Kings, introduced decidedly novel views on, ...
Mark Setton, 1997
7
The World's Religions
self-effacingly outside, albeit determined about their goals inside. It was the Muslims' desire to be nothing but themselves which also occasioned their uprising against the authority when they sensed they were pressured to forgo their identity.
Peter Clarke, Reader in Modern History and Fellow Peter Clarke, Friedhelm Hardy, 2004
8
Bloom's How to Write about Ralph Waldo Emerson
Or is Emerson identifying, self-effacingly, with the old, assimilated and “ generalized” by a newer philosophy. “Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood,” Emerson remarks, prefacing 170 years of being misunderstood and not ...
Fabian Ironside, Harold Bloom, 2008
9
CMJ New Music Monthly
Statton's voice and Spike's arrangements don't project a personality, but present a situation, cleanly, self-effacingly, and the self-effacement of restricting a violin line to three notes or a vocal line to five, turns out to be the personality whose ...
10
Islam in China: Religion, Ethnicity, Culture, and Politics
Chinese Muslims learned to differentiate between the general public sphere and their closed Muslim space and to behave self-effacingly outside, albeit determined about their goals inside. It was the Muslims' desire to be nothing but ...
Raphael Israeli, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-EFFACINGLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self-effacingly is used in the context of the following news items.
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New albums in stores this week
The first all-new set of songs from this self-effacingly important cosmic-Americana group since 2011's "The Whole Love" is often as surprising in sonic-tangent ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Fitzgerald: Donald Trump is his own worst enemy now
“I just received the following wire from my generous daddy,” he self-effacingly told the Gridiron Club in 1958 as his star began to rise. “ 'Dear Jack, don't buy a ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
3
Diverse influences at Singapore tribute concert
But the harmonic and instrumental language used and its self-effacingly quiet ending made it undeniably Singaporean. A version of this article appeared in the ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
4
Who Were the Inklings?
The name they chose for their group was, J. R. R. Tolkien self-effacingly recalls, “a pleasantly ingenious pun . . . suggesting people with vague or half-formed ... «First Things, May 15»
5
All Are Saved
Best known as the frontman of Ann Arbor, MI's Saturday Looks Good to Me, recently described by Fred Thomas, self-effacingly, as, “a fake band…some unheard ... «Under the Radar Mag, May 15»
6
Modest Mouse: Strangers to OurselvesStrangers to Ourselves (2015)
Brock started a label, self-effacingly called Glacial Pace, and has been recruiting bands and producing albums. In NPR's First Listen interview, Brock addresses ... «Punknews.org, Apr 15»
7
SXSW Film Review: 'For Grace'
Soft-spoken and tightly wound, the thirtysomething chef is self-effacingly respectful while discussing valued mentors and past employers. But even as Duffy ... «Variety, Mar 15»
8
Barack Obama Jokes British Royals More Popular Than US Politicians
Obama continued: "They like them much better than they like their own politicians." "I don't believe that," Charles said self-effacingly. The royals are on a four-day ... «NDTV, Mar 15»
9
Oscars 2015: Julianne Moore is a quiet miracle
... have seen all along, let's take a moment to reflect on the glorious career of one of America's smartest, bravest, and most self-effacingly brilliant actresses. «National Post, Feb 15»
10
X Factor: Stevi Ritchie hopes Simon Cowell will employ him, as a …
And rightly so because while many have slated Stevi – and in seriously nasty style at times on sites such as Twitter – he has remained self-effacingly grateful for ... «Unreality TV, Nov 14»

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