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adj. Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own talents, abilities, and value.

adj. Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident. See Synonyms at shy1.

adj. Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress.

adj. Free from showiness or ostentation; unpretentious. See Synonyms at plain.

adj. Moderate or limited in size, quantity, or range; not extreme: a modest price; a newspaper with a modest circulation.

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

adj. Small, moderate in size.

adj. Avoiding being sexually suggestive.

adj. Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive

adj. Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman.

adj. Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate

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.

Synonyms Unassuming, unpretending, coy, shy. See bashfulness.

Decent, chaste, virtuous.

adj. marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

adj. free from pomp or affectation

adj. limited in size or scope

adj. not large but sufficient in size or amount

adj. low or inferior in station or quality

adj. not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

"Well, I think we gave pretty specific guidance on growth rates and we used the term modest leverage."

unassuming    retiring    unpretentious    limited    moderate    inferior    decent    demure    overmodest    shamefaced   

showy    lewd    indecent    assuming    boastful    bold    licentious    conceited    opinionate    gaudy   

modesty   

becoming    decent    chaste    virtuous    diffident    unobtrusive    shy    bashful    reserved    coy   

oddest   

humble    simple    reasonable    handsome    respectable    polite