modest
IPA: mˈɑdʌst
adjective
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- Small, moderate in size.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- (especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
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Examples of "modest" in Sentences
- He is a humble and modest person.
- He is utterly modest and unassuming.
- The clothes she worewas quite modest.
- She is modest, stylish, and levelheaded.
- In the early years, the competition was modest.
- In the beginning, the business was quite modest.
- He was the most unassuming of men, innately modest.
- The ornamentation is modest and the building is coated with plaster.
- I propose making this modest change in the description of the school.
- All were of modest production due to the small area of the municipality.
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