Definition for
modest
– Retiring in disposition or demeanor; restrained by a sense of propriety, humility, or diffidence; not ostentatious, bold, or forward; unobtrusive.
– Acting with decorum or delicacy; restrained by chaste or scrupulous feelings; pure in thought and conduct.
– Manifesting or seeming to manifest humility, propriety, or decorum; not gaudy, showy, or meretricious.
– Moderate; not excessive or extreme; not extravagant: as, a modest computation; a modest fortune.
– Unpretentious.
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Synonyms Unassuming, unpretending, coy, shy. See
– Decent, chaste, virtuous.
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