MODEST

• (adj.) not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

• (adj.) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

  "a modest apartment", "too modest to wear his medals"

• (adj.) limited in size or scope

  "a small business", "a newspaper with a modest circulation", "small-scale plans", "a pocket-size country"

  synonyms : minor , pocket-size , pocket-sized , small , small-scale

• (adj.) not large but sufficient in size or amount

  "a modest salary", "modest inflation", "helped in my own small way"

  synonyms : small

• (adj.) free from pomp or affectation

  "comfortable but modest cottages", "a simple rectangular brick building", "a simple man with simple tastes"

• (adj.) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

  "meek and self-effacing"

  synonyms : meek , mild

  The champion’s meek and self-effacing manner took everyone by surprise. -added by naila_inlas

• (adj.) low or inferior in station or quality

  "a humble cottage", "a lowly parish priest", "a modest man of the people", "small beginnings"

  synonyms : humble , low , lowly , small

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