with humility; in an apologetic or self-effacing fashion

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Definition of with humility; in an apologetic or self-effacing fashion in English English dictionary

Related Terms

self">With humility; self">in self">an self">apologetic self">or self-effacing fashion.

hat in hand

He came back the next day, hat in hand, to correct the problem he left behind.

Hyphenation

with humility; in an a-po-lo-get-ic or self-ef·fac·ing fash-ion