modest
adjUS /ˈmɑdəst/
Etymology From Middle French modeste, from Latin modestus.
1
Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
2
Small, moderate in size.
- He earns a modest amount of money.
- Her latest novel was a modest success.
3
Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
- modest thoughts or language
4
Especially, Of behavior or clothing Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
- Derived terms
- hypermodest, modest cadlina, modestly, modestness, modest proposal, of modest means, overmodest, pseudomodest, supermodest, ultramodest, unmodest
- Related terms
- modesty