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1. Not large but sufficient in size or amount
   "a modest salary"; "modest inflation";
   - small
    
2. Free from pomp or affectation
   "comfortable but modest cottages"
    
3. Low or inferior in station or quality
   "a modest man of the people";
   - humble, low, lowly, small
    
4. Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
   "modest and self-effacing";
   - meek, mild
    
5. Relatively moderate, limited, or small
   "a newspaper with a modest circulation";
   - minor, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
    
6. Marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
   "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"
    
7. Not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
   "a modest neckline in her dress covered her up to her collarbone"

See also: coy, decent, demure, humble, inferior, limited, mod [informal], moderate, modestness, modesty, overmodest, retiring, shamefaced, unassuming, unpretentious

Antonym: immodest

Encyclopedia: Modest, Ohio