Synonym: bashful, humble, plain, quiet, shy, simple, unpretentious. Antonym: arrogant, immodest. Similar words: mode, model, moderate, clandestine, destruction, modify, code, erode. Meaning: ['mɑdɪst /'mɒ-] adj. 1. marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself 2. not large but sufficient in size or amount 3. free from pomp or affectation 4. not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance 5. low or inferior in station or quality 6. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness 7. limited in size or scope 8. free from ostentation or pretension.
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121. Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. Jules Renard
122. Along the tunnel there exist a few modest zones of safety.
123. But beyond those modest crumbs of comfort there is disagreement.
124. Cahoot, Abbey National's online arm, comes top of the heap with a very modest 8 per cent APR.
125. It is a medium to low cost technology requiring modest training depending on its ultimate application.
126. Nicolas, 32, and his 31-year-old wife live in a modest apartment and friends say pride stopped them getting in touch with her.
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127. Kurtzman said a modest business site can cost as little as $ 4, 000 with his Houston company.
128. They come back at the end of the day to pick up their modest checks.
129. Modest wage and price pressures were reported by most business contacts.
130. The rate of power consumption would be quite modest in such a postindustrial, steady-state society.
131. In the tenth century the number of houses was still relatively modest, the distances not enormous.
132. The formal announcement is believed to be scheduled for September, with modest volumes to be deliverable around November time.
133. In the west of Ireland a small roadside shrine to the Virgin Mary stands almost alongside an equally modest stone circle.
134. Railway workers in both countries have had to work exceedingly long hours even for these comparatively modest rewards.
135. It was low-pitched and reverentially modulated, a nice, crisp, modest baritone.
136. They had brought a modest decline in the face of extreme boom conditions, but no collapse.
137. From time to time Sendak has also authorized more modest theater productions.
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139. He held a wire basket with a modest stack of provisions.
140. One by one the teachers made their ways to their homes - modest, mostly celibate, mostly cheerless homes.
141. He conceded that the size of the holding was still modest by the standards of most Oxford delegates.
142. Red, White and Beyond San Antonio has come a long way since its modest garage debut.
143. An expanding body of data suggests that this modest investment can pay big dividends.
144. Characteristically modest about her accomplishment, Mrs Graham, then 80, was amazed that she had won a Pulitzer Prize.
145. Bruce Edgar adjudged him unlucky, but his record was modest: 17 wickets at 52.11 and 248 runs at 15.50.
146. Rebecca had refused to count her modest blessings, as her parents counseled.
147. In area after area, the pressure is on to roll back even the modest steps toward ensuring equality of recent years.
148. Even a relatively modest addition to the liberal framework, universal health coverage, remains elusive.
149. Some modest amendments to these modules are likely over the next few months, as a result of full consultation with centres.
150. They don't rate freedom especially highly and their drinking habits are the most modest in our sample.
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