modest
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(a) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
- a modest apartment
- too modest to wear his medals
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(s) not large but sufficient in size or amount
- a modest salary
- modest inflation
- helped in my own small way
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(s) free from pomp or affectation
- comfortable but modest cottages
- a simple rectangular brick building
- a simple man with simple tastes
- (a) not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
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(s) low or inferior in station or quality
- a humble cottage
- a lowly parish priest
- a modest man of the people
- small beginnings
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(s) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
- meek and self-effacing
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(s) limited in size or scope
- a small business
- a newspaper with a modest circulation
- small-scale plans
- a pocket-size country