How is the word selbstironisch translated from German to English

English translation
-deprecatingly
phrase

Auf selbstironische, sich selbst herabsetzende Weise, wie in selbstironisch.

In a belittling manner, as in self-deprecatingly.

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  • Er lächelte selbstironisch über seinen eigenen Fehler. — He smiled self-deprecatingly at his own mistake.

  • Sie sprach ziemlich selbstironisch über ihren ersten Roman. — She spoke about her first novel rather self-deprecatingly.

  • Warum antwortest du immer so selbstironisch? — Why do you always answer so self-deprecatingly?

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