Effacing

He is self-effacing and ingratiating, and not ashamed to acknowledge if he had given a bad performance.

He said the show’s theme of political conceit allows him to capture 68 minutes of non-stop self-effacing hilarity into one ‘flimsy’ narrative framework.

They do so by creating a world around them that feeds their need for affirmation, validation, and self-importance, often attracting other self-effacing personality types who look up to them.

This was the father A.J. remembered from before Trump’s presidency: witty, self-effacing, less interested in politics than a punchline.

Born on December 12, 1950, in Bengaluru as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad, Rajinikanth’s journey from a self-effacing origin to cinematic royalty is nothing short of extraordinary.

In giving us the tour of his world, Bauer is self-effacing to a fault, keenly aware of the fraught ethics of relief work, the fact that his career is dependent on the need of others.

John Lennon’s I’m the Greatest was a mock anthem for the self-effacing drummer that brought three Beatles into the studio just three years after the band’s breakup.

To others, this person is kind and empathetic, self-effacing and helpful but behind closed doors, the meanness is so insidiously targeted, only you ‘get it’.

Tucked into the gentle tracks are self-effacing appearances by Clairo, Aaron Dessner and Nicolas Jaar.

But everyone has his price, even the self-effacing Neoepiblema acreensis, particularly if a change of image is guaranteed.

Charlotte Moore, overall head of TV content, is the quietly competent woman (I wish for a change we could get a field of noisy women and a self-effacing bloke, but we are not there yet).

In person, the Archbishop is friendly and engaging, with a self-effacing, laidback demeanour – a stark contrast to his predecessor, Denis Hart.

It’s creatively-superior, but self-effacing.

Penelope Fillon, as noted in the article, came across as no nonsense and self-effacing.

Zekman, as usual self-effacing, was not interested in talking about herself.

Henry is a savvy conversationalist with a razor-sharp wit and self-effacing manner.

The Keanu Reeves on display in these early segments is the Keanu Reeves we know and love today, someone characterized in large part by his goofy, self-effacing demeanor, uber-chill attitude, and slow drawl joined with weirdly perfect enunciation.

And all of it wrapped around a self-effacing Everyman (Redmayne) tackling problems that really are too big for him with plucky can-do-itness in an effort to just enjoy a pleasant life.

Bristol is remarkably self-effacing about its greatness.

Reynolds’s self-effacing stop made perfect sense as a way to push his superhero series, which is all about shock and awe and catty insults.