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modest
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Adjective
  • limited in size or scope
    • a small business
    • a newspaper with a modest circulation
    • small-scale plans
    • a pocket-size country
  • 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 lowly parish priest
    • a modest man of the people
    • small beginnings
  • not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
  • free from pomp or affectation
    • comfortable but modest cottages
    • a simple rectangular brick building
    • a simple man with simple tastes
  • not large but sufficient in size or amount
    • a modest salary
    • modest inflation
    • helped in my own small way
  • marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
    • a modest apartment
    • too modest to wear his medals
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