"in one's own little way" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1885, Jane Andrews, The Seven Little Sisters Prove Their Sisterhood, page 159:",
          "text": "They are all helping each other, as loving sisters should; and perhaps some day they will meet, and will realize how each in her own little way has done some service for the others.",
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          "ref": "2012, Brother Joseph Schmidt, Walking the Little Way of Therese of Lisieux:",
          "text": "In her own little way, Thérèse tried to remedy that community deficiency.",
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          "ref": "2022, Phillip Berrian, Testimonial Of One's True Greatness, page 450:",
          "text": "Like the little white Sheep, the most important thing I admire about you, honestly, is how in your own little way you seem to amaze people, especially me; how you can take the bad experiences that have occurred in your hidden past, and turn them into positive achievements.",
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        "(idiomatic) In an individual manner that creates an effect from a small action."
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          "word": "in one's own small way"
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          "word": "omalla tavallaan"
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          "word": "à son petit niveau"
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          "word": "nel proprio piccolo"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "omalla tavallaan"
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      "word": "à son petit niveau"
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      "word": "nel proprio piccolo"
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  "word": "in one's own little way"
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