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Meaning modest meaning
What does modest mean?
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Topics modest topics
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What words indicate that there is a small amount of something?a little a bit of a small amount of trace trickle dab an element of a touch of a hint of taste of dearth grain hair inappreciable inconsequential inconsiderable infinitesimal insignificant iota limited minimum minute mite moderate modest modicum ounce particle poor scant scanty scintilla shred slight smidgen some speck spoonful suggestion suspicion tidbit tinge tiny trifle whit
Examples modest examples
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Simple sentences
Try to be a bit more modest.
Be more modest.
You could be more modest.
Let me make a modest contribution.
Generally speaking, Japanese women are modest.
The union was modest in its wage demands.
There was a modest rise in prices last year.
His nephew was brought up to be modest and considerate.
The higher he rose in social rank, the more modest he became.
He is a very modest man.
The older he grew, the more modest he became.
She is as modest as anything.
My father is a hard-working, straightforward, and modest person.
The young lady is modest like a violet.
You're modest.
Don't be so modest.
They would think the person is modest or lazy.
I ate a modest breakfast of toast, coffee, and one egg.
Tom is modest.
Don't be modest!
You're being modest.
You're so modest.
Movie subtitles
How very different it would be for the altogether more modest voyages about to be undertaken by a remarkable man from the tiny little European kingdom of Portugal.
Nonsense. Your shipping costs would be twice our modest surcharge.
In a modest abode outside the town Franz Victor v. Sendlingen. is living out the last days of his life.
Not only modest, but dashing!
While the cannons of Fontenoy thundered in the distance, a young man in a modest room.
Nice, modest little prices they have here.
Oh, you're just modest about it?
Come on, don't be modest.
Armand has told me himself that he wants to take his modest fortune out of my hands at once.
Oh, you're too modest.
Thank heavens I'm not that modest.
Nothing modest or matronly will do for this occasion.
Modest fellow.
My darling, you're a very sweet person and a very human person and a very modest person.
My greetings, gentlemen, and thanks that my modest home has been honoured by such distinguished guests.
Your modest home?
There's something I would like to say that he's too modest to relay.
Oh, no, no. You-You're too modest, my dear.
You know, I've been too modest with you. but since I have said 20,000 pieces of eight. eh bien, I have said 20,000 pieces of eight.
Oh, my. Very modest man.
Also very reclusive. Quite precocious. And very modest and humble.
Yes, the orphans. Very modest and reclusive.
He was too modest.
How charmingly modest!
I'm not modest, sir.
I will now, having been so warmly welcomed by you, give you a complete demonstration of my modest gift.
He is very modest.
I will find for myself a place in a modest quarter.
With modest ambitions?
Let me show you a cheating method of which I'm the modest inventor.
Your late father made certain modest provisions..
It's touching that such a treasure should belong to so poor a church in so modest a village.
He's just modest.
He's just being modest.
You weren't so modest before.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
News and current affairs
If you are a high-net-worth investor, a sovereign wealth fund, or a central bank, it makes perfect sense to hold a modest proportion of your portfolio in gold as a hedge against extreme events.
While appearing to own the Queen's English, Eban was not to the manor born: he came from the extremely modest fringes of Anglo-Jewry.
The new plan relies on a questionable mix of dubious financial-engineering gimmicks and vague promises of modest Asian funding.
These countries need to recognize that if the US and the UK do implement even modest reforms, a lot of capital will flow elsewhere, potentially overwhelming regulatory systems that seemed to work well until now.
But, despite modest material support, the US could not sustain a government that could not sustain itself.
So long as a national government is not running more than a modest deficit, a current-account deficit reflects the private sector's borrowing from abroad (or the sale of previously accumulated foreign assets).
The cumulative result of all these national objections, is that the Nice summit is likely to see only a modest increase in the potential for majority voting, much smaller than enlargement requires.
In an economy with vast problems, underutilization of resources, and a massive lack of credit, a modest credit expansion would not in fact lead to high inflation.
Educated Hijazis ask only for modest reforms.
The fall in property prices was modest relative to Ireland and Spain, and, because there was no construction boom, there was no construction bust.
Legal experts in Washington suggest that modest preparations for building missile and radar sites do not violate the ABM-Treaty and so do not yet require a US notice to quit.
The world needs a more modest and confident America.
Their most telling complaint is that too little is known about how quantitative easing works, and that the Fed is therefore taking undue risks with the global financial system to achieve a modest juicing of the US economy.
This goal, which focuses on a single challenge-plagued region, may seem modest; but it is also realistic and achievable - and the potential returns are massive.
The measure's second shortcoming, however, is that the spending reductions that it mandates are modest.
In some countries, including the United States, there are major political obstacles to taking even modest steps.
The UK example is important; but, given the scope and scale of the challenges, the proposal is a relatively modest one.
Outsourcing and intellectual property. Notwithstanding some recent modest improvements in the US labor market, America's job situation remains terrible.
Even a modest tax increase on the rich is unlikely to find support in American politics.
There are several reasons to anticipate modest improvement in 2013, although, as usual, there are downside risks.
Led by a group of technocrats surrounding the young King Mohammed VI, a reform process - including political liberalization - has begun in earnest, even if the results still seem modest.
Even with the modest recovery in commodity prices over the past six months, Russia's energy sector has experienced declining production in recent years, due in part to fears among foreign investors of expropriation.
Moreover, economic growth in the US is modest, and appears to come mainly from segments of the tradable sector that are exposed to and benefit from emerging-market demand.
But such modest gains are more than offset by the security setbacks that China has suffered as a result of its assertiveness in regional territorial disputes.
Since his sweeping re-election, he has been surprisingly modest and magnanimous.
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