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modestly

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mod·est  (mdst)
adj.
1. Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own talents, abilities, and value.
2. Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident. See Synonyms at shy1.
3. Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress.
4. Free from showiness or ostentation; unpretentious. See Synonyms at plain.
5. Moderate or limited in size, quantity, or range; not extreme: a modest price; a newspaper with a modest circulation.

[Latin modestus; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

modest·ly adv.
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Adv.1.modestly - with modesty; in a modest manner; "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'"
immodestly - without modesty; in an immodest manner; "the book was entitled, immodestly, `All about Wisdom'"
Translations
Spanish modestly [ˈmɔdɪstlɪ] advmodestamente
German modestly [ˈmɔdɪstlɪ] modest advbescheiden; [behave] → schamhaft;
(to a moderate extent) → mäßig

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The Ass carefully divided the spoil into three equal shares and modestly requested the two others to make the first choice.
'I understand but one,' replied the cat, modestly.
I represented, modestly, that to my ears it appeared that they were shouting for different things, but the Chancellor would not listen to my suggestion for a moment.
 
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