ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Modestly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Modestly is an adverb meaning In a modest manner; with humility.

Meaning

In a modest manner; with humility.

More Meanings

  1. To a small degree.

Example Sentences

The man bowed modestly and left the dinner table.
These new shuttlelike craft might modestly reduce the cost of getting to low earth orbit.
An hour later, Trump and Starmer were gathered in the modestly named Donald J Trump Ballroom for the press conference proper.
One of several factors to his success this election was modestly boosting his support among men, a shift concentrated among younger voters, according to AP VoteCast, survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide.

Synonyms for modestly

Depending on context, synonyms include chastely, humbly, meekly, becomingly, continently, correctly.

Antonyms for modestly

Common opposites include immodestly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include humbly, sparingly, slight, slowly, gently, loosely.

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