He is not without a humorous self-awareness.
And he did it in a humorous, self-deprecating way.
In person he is open, humorous, self-deprecating.
This was never going to be a racy, humorous, self-deprecating volume.
He wrote beautifully and, after overcoming a stammer, was a wonderful orator: humorous, self-deprecating, empathetic.
In conversation, Raine is a rather winning combination of gossip and erudition, fizzy self-confidence and humorous self-deprecation.
As he grew to his full commanding height, a dignified and humorous self-confidence became Bygraves's hallmark.
But it takes that position in an ingratiating manner, with an all-important dollop of humorous self-effacement.
The key to its success are Delisle's whimsical, black-and-white drawings, as well as his endearingly naïve and humorous self-portrait.
Instead, she does what she has always done — she buries the bad news under a barrage of shareable anecdotes, humorous self-deprecation and womanly bravado.
The Queen herself colluded in the national sport of humorous self-deprecation, and not even the most hardened republican could deny that she did it beautifully.
