Word Finder - modest

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Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.

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Small, moderate in size.

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He earns a modest amount of money.

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Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.

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modest thoughts or language

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(especially of behaviour or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

She collected a handful of the material in modest protest.

Mia found it challenging to find a prom dress that met her modest standards.

Be it as it may, both seem happy as pigeons in a bird bath with their modest lives.

Even on this holiday, one of the busiest days of the year, traffic remained modest by urban standards.

She was modest about her accomplishments even though she had a lot to be proud of after the dance competition season.

At the appointed hour, however, he entered the modest house Speranski owned in the Taurida Gardens.

Howie stood in front of his modest hotel waiting for us.

Slipping into a modest two-piece swimsuit with a skirted bottom, she grabbed a towel and headed out at a brisk walk for the beach.

Gia had dreams of being a movie star, but meanwhile she is working a modest job as a waitress.

Their dates had been modest, but was that by preference, or because he had limited funding?

In character he was modest, kind and sympathetic, ever ready to help and encourage serious students, generous in his judgment of the works of others, a most cheery companion, full of wit and humour.

All his absent-mindedness and inability to enter a room and converse in it was, however, redeemed by his kindly, simple, and modest expression.

It is not impossible to find modest clothing for girls in stores.

The church is a modest building, long, narrow and aisleless.

Kutuzov was occupying a nobleman's castle of modest dimensions near Ostralitz.

It was a family of lesser gentry, owners of modest estates.

Well, I think I am more modest than you seem to think.

The result was that he lost the appointment, and with it one-half of his very modest income.

The Hardy Sarcococcas (Sarcococca) - Are neat and pleasing evergreen shrubs possessed of but a modest flower beauty, though of more than ordinary value, because of their suitability to shaded positions and their rich green lustrous foliage.

Frenze Bridal has a collection of modest styles up to size 32.

These online eyewear stores include prescription safety goggles with modest pricing, although stronger prescriptions do tend to drive up the cost.

Swift's grave humour and power of enforcing momentous truth by ludicrous exaggeration were next displayed in his Modest Proposal for Preventing the' Children of Poor People from being a Burden to their Parents or the Country, by fattening and eating them (1729), a parallel to the Argument against Abolishing Christianity, and as great a masterpiece of tragic as the latter is of comic irony.

This is offered to associations affiliated to the IAO for a modest sum depending on the work involved.

Paying rather modest awards in two even more modest stages was never going to be well received.

The consequence of the ancient evaporation, by which the great Pleistocene lake was reduced to its present modest dimensions, and of the ceaseless modern daily evaporation, is the impregnation of the waters of the lake with salts and other mineral substances to a remarkable degree.

There are options available that look current and are still modest.

In fact, Nintendo would much prefer it if DSi owners would sail over to the official Nintendo site where they can upload games via WiFi onto their handheld consoles for a modest fee.

Even modest improvements may justify the costs of ECE.

Forget about a modest one-piece in basic black.

Otherwise, you can leave the shirring loose and get a more modest fit.

Alcohol intake should be modest or go away entirely, not only because the high caloric content (alcohol is almost as energy dense as pure fat) but also because it can potentially mess up your ability to burn body fat effectively.

While some exercises are ideal for specific sports or particularly suited for certain medical conditions, we'll take a look at a selection of simple strength training exercises that can be done even in a modest home gym.

You may find your perfect bra within the modest collection.

However, a modest orbital eccentricity is plainly not incompatible with life.

Small companies which and a sliding have modest effects hfma's employees versus.

There was modest improvement in blood iron levels, showing that iron in rice endosperm is absorbed by the body.

Sales were modest until my son, a high school freshman, decided not to sell chocolates during his school's annual sale.

From the north west, the tower is a bride, Solemn and modest, her two bridesmaids allowed A little frivolity.

The family whose names are recorded have held at best a modest place among English gentry.

Despite these modest successes, tho, I couldn't make a single carve gybe.

To supplement these, we are seeking additional funds to provide a modest honorarium, per course.

Deb is so incredibly modest you would never guess she teaches horary from her own website!

With all his modest intention he is a past master of the little country idyll.

I'm assuming that you have a modest skill with Guitar but that you find doing it on your own a rather insular experience.

Fuel poverty can only be cured if households live in adequately insulated dwellings that can both retain heat and be heated at modest cost.

The collections which Mrs Rylands assembled in the 1890s are of such quality as to justify this relatively modest investment in their future.

Jim was an honorable and modest man, a hard wor k er and always willing to help anyone at any time.

The modest technical demands include limited shifting for the string players and the maintaining of a constant tempo tho various changes of meter.

The dives I made were relatively modest to just short of 20m with the second morning dive only 10m, maximum.

The primary concern at the meeting was the comparatively modest number of Parties that have ratified the Joint Convention.