modestly
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3.1
- adverb
- /ˈmɒdɪstli/
:
modestamente
- He said, Cliff, you're dressed modestly and humbly.
- modestly increase
- modestly successful
- dress modestly
He said, Cliff, you're dressed modestly and humbly.
- He said, Cliff, you're dressed modestly and humbly.
- So with, you know, colleagues who helped start CBA, we began a class modestly called How to Make Almost Anything.
- And I mean something I've talked about a lot in my recent work in my in my book, modestly titled Why the Purpose of the Universe?
- She's a whore because I don't dress modestly, as modestly as they'd like me to, etcetera, etcetera.
- Stay in your career, manage your money well, live very modestly, invest what you can, and hope that inflation doesn't catch up to you in the future.
Examples
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"From another tour guide, Camilla had learned about a modestly priced hotel on Riverside Drive."
Fiction book (1996) -
Speaking modestly, I'm the best mechanical engineer in this country.
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My parents split and my dad took everything in the divorce, so my mom had to live pretty modestly.
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Just remember our family position, and conduct yourself properly and modestly.
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I was a company man with a modestly valuable talent for solving administrative problems.
Fiction book (1997) -
You live quite modestly.
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On the top of the chest of drawers stood a few modestly framed photographs of his family.
Fiction book (1995) -
Stay in your career, manage your money well, live very modestly, invest what you can, and hope that inflation doesn't catch up to you in the future.
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He expects his granddaughter to dress a little more modestly.
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He dressed modestly for the occasion, choosing simple clothes that didn't draw attention.
Synonyms
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3.1
To act without showing pride or wanting praise
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6.1
In a quiet, modest way that shows shyness
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6.4
In a simple, modest way without trying to impress others
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6.5
In a modest way that does not draw attention
Antonyms
How Modest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Modestly comes from Latin modestus, which comes from modus meaning 'measure', and you can see the same idea in moderate. So, to act modestly is to behave quietly and 'not show off'.