Humility shown by Ken seems out of place (8)
I believe the answer is:
meekness
'humility' is the definition.
(I know that meekness is a type of humility)
'by ken seems out of place' is the wordplay.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'out of place' indicates an anagram.
'ken' after 'seems' is 'seemsken'.
'seemsken' with letters rearranged gives 'MEEKNESS'.
'shown' is the link.
(Other definitions for meekness that I've seen before include "Deference" , "Modesty, humility" , "Submissive quality" , "Timidity" , "Submissive humility" .)