modest

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

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A modest apartment sits on a quiet, tree-lined street.