[
US
/ˈmɑdəst/
]
[ UK /mˈɒdəst/ ]
[ UK /mˈɒdəst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
relatively moderate, limited, or small
a small business
a pocket-size country
small-scale plans
a newspaper with a modest circulation -
free from pomp or affectation
a simple man with simple tastes
comfortable but modest cottages
a simple rectangular brick building -
marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
a modest apartment
too modest to wear his medals -
not large but sufficient in size or amount
modest inflation
helped in my own small way
a modest salary -
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
meek and self-effacing -
low or inferior in station or quality
a humble cottage
a modest man of the people
a lowly parish priest
small beginnings -
not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
a modest neckline in her dress covered her up to her collarbone
How To Use modest In A Sentence
- Within a few days of its unveiling Achilles was modestly kitted out with a fig leaf.
- Public Prosecutor told the court that the offences of threatening and insulting a woman's modesty are bailable, so there is no need to grant anticipatory bail.
- I have seen at the resting places carriage loads of women of radiant beauty, and others mounted on a modest ass, such as composes the fortunes of the people of Montmorency. The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson.
- I pulled out a modest peach dress and pulled it on.
- Along the tunnel there exist a few modest zones of safety.
- The Liberal Democrats are also being coy and modest. Times, Sunday Times
- We've seen how things turned out for Scotland's national football manager; matters are organised no differently in the more modest context that is Scottish shinty.
- (Applause) Without boasting, without any kind of immodesty, that is how we Cuban revolutionaries understand our internationalist duty. TRICONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
- Also, we wanted to determine whether modest practice would modify performance of either group.
- The court sought to stretch modest finite resources so far as possible to meet the parties' needs. Times, Sunday Times
