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What (who) is modest - definition
modest
FAMILY NAME
Modest (disambiguation); Modeſt; Modest (name)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A modest house or other building is not large or expensive.
...the modest home of a family who lived off the land...
A one-night stay in a modest hotel costs around ?35.
ADJ
2.
You use modest to describe something such as an amount, rate, or improvement which is fairly small.
Swiss unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%...
The democratic reforms have been modest...
ADJ
• modestly
Britain's balance of payments improved modestly last month.
ADV: ADV after v, ADV adj/-ed/adv
3.
If you say that someone is modest, you approve of them because they do not talk much about their abilities or achievements.
He's modest, as well as being a great player...
ADJ [approval]
• modestly
'You really must be very good at what you do.'-'I suppose I am,' Kate said modestly.
ADV: ADV with v
4.
You can describe a woman as modest when she avoids doing or wearing anything that might cause men to have sexual feelings towards her. You can also describe her clothes or behaviour as modest.
Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force...
ADJ
• modestly
She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together.
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj/adv
modest
FAMILY NAME
Modest (disambiguation); Modeſt; Modest (name)
¦ adjective
1. unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities.
2. relatively moderate, limited, or small.
3. avoiding indecency or impropriety.
Derivatives
modestly adverb
modesty noun
Origin
C16: from Fr. modeste, from L. modestus 'keeping due measure', related to modus 'measure'.
modest
FAMILY NAME
Modest (disambiguation); Modeſt; Modest (name)
adj.
1) modest about (she was modest about her achievements)
2) modest in
Examples of use of modest
1. These statements – on territory, Jerusalem and refugees – are modest, undoubtedly too modest for some.
2. Pratt is all we have left, and frankly all G2 – modest size, modest means – can afford.
3. The main thing is that it looks modest." Repetur was a modest man himself.
4. Democrats said Bush‘s modest approach was unacceptable.
5. Democrats termed Bush‘s modest approach unacceptable.