1 not very large, expensive, important, etc:
modest improvements / reforms * He charged a relatively modest fee. * a modest little house * The research was carried out on a modest scale.
2 (approving) not talking much about your own abilities or possessions:
She's very modest about her success. * You're too modest!
OPPIMMODEST
3 (of people, especially women, or their clothes) shy about showing much of the body; not intended to attract attention, especially in a sexual way:
a modest dress
OPPIMMODEST
modestly adverb:
'I'm not a very good painter,' he said modestly. * She is always modestly dressed. * modestly priced goods
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for modest is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is modest a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, modest is tagged as adjective.
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