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Modest

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Definitions for Modest

adjective
marked by simplicity
Examples
  1. having a humble opinion of yourself
  2. a modest apartment
  3. too modest to wear his medals
adjective
not large but sufficient in size or amount
Synonyms
Examples
  1. a modest salary
  2. modest inflation
  3. helped in my own small way
adjective
free from pomp or affectation
Examples
  1. comfortable but modest cottages
  2. a simple rectangular brick building
  3. a simple man with simple tastes
adjective
not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
Examples
  1. a modest neckline in her dress covered her up to her collarbone
adjective
low or inferior in station or quality
Synonyms
Examples
  1. a humble cottage
  2. a lowly parish priest
  3. a modest man of the people
  4. small beginnings
adjective
humble in spirit or manner
Synonyms
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  1. suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
  2. meek and self-effacing
adjective
relatively moderate, limited, or small
Synonyms
minor small small-scale pocket-size pocket-sized
Examples
  1. a small business
  2. a newspaper with a modest circulation
  3. small-scale plans
  4. a pocket-size country
adjective
relating to a recently developed fashion or style
Synonyms
Examples
  1. their offices are in a modern skyscraper
  2. tables in modernistic designs

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