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modest
adjective as in shy
Weak matches
bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, demure, diffident, discreet, lowly, meek, nice, proper, reserved, resigned, reticent, retiring, seemly, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, silent, temperate, timid, unassertive, unassured, unboastful, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious, withdrawing
adjective as in limited, ordinary
Strongest matches
Weak matches
average, cheap, discreet, dry, economical, fair, inelaborate, middling, natural, plain, unadorned, unaffected, unembellished, unembroidered, unexceptional, unexcessive, unextravagant, unextreme, unobtrusive, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious, unradical, unstudied
Example Sentences
Gualtieri also said city authorities were considering charging a modest entry price to finance the fountain's upkeep.
Once upon a time, there was a little country of modest reign called Aldovia.
Compared with incumbent governments elsewhere in the world, Democrats’ losses were modest.
“Know Your Enemy,” which the two record in their New York apartments, has a modest audience — about 30,000 listeners an episode and 8,000 subscribers who bring in $39,000 a month.
He said there is some truth that it can help possibly shorten the duration of a cold, but it is a “modest effect.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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