All this was done in a completely self-effacing manner.

The exiled king, now 62, has an unwaveringly courteous and self-effacing manner.

For so large a man he moved in a very self-effacing manner.

Beckham's popularity in England has been based more on his self-effacing manner than his glamour.

He is 64 and has a reticent, self-effacing manner that recalls professional beginnings in the think-tank world.

But his friends invariably described him as a somewhat shy man with a self-effacing manner.

Part of the reason may be his self-effacing manner.

He continued thus for some time, talking in an easy, informal, self-effacing manner that I found most engaging.

Partly it's the easy smile and self-effacing manner that crop up when he's not barking orders.

Mr. Basinski has a long face, an intense expression and a self-effacing manner.