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modest

/'mɑdɛst/

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adjective
not large but sufficient in size or amount
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"a modest salary" "modest inflation"

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small moderate
adjective
relatively moderate, limited, or small
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"a newspaper with a modest circulation"

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minor pocket-size pocket-sized small small-scale limited
adjective
low or inferior in station or quality
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"a modest man of the people"

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humble low lowly small inferior
adjective
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
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meek mild humble
adjective
free from pomp or affectation
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"comfortable but modest cottages"

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unpretentious
adjective
marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
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"a modest apartment" "too modest to wear his medals"

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retiring unassuming

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immodest
adjective
not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
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"a modest neckline in her dress covered her up to her collarbone"

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decent demure coy overmodest shamefaced

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immodest

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