modest has definitions from the field of sexuality
1
[ adjective ] marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

Examples

"a modest apartment" "too modest to wear his medals"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

THE MODEST AND HAPPY Spahn waved_off his new laurels as one of those good days .

("Editorials"...)

If Nikita buys a small plot in some modest rural cemetery , everyone will understand .

Related terms

immodest retiring humble

2
[ adjective ] not large but sufficient in size or amount

Synonyms

small

Examples

"a modest salary" "modest inflation" "helped in my own small way"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

One of the reasons for the high percentage of Jewish teen-agers in college is that a great many urban Jews are enabled to attend local colleges at modest cost .

(Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)

From actions aboard , it is easy to guess that Spencer 's boast of twenty staunch followers was a modest estimate '' .

Related terms

moderate

3
[ adjective ] free from pomp or affectation

Synonyms

plain simple

Examples

"comfortable but modest cottages" "a simple rectangular brick building" "a simple man with simple tastes"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

They want to own a junior-grade castle , or a manor_house , or some modest little place where Shakespeare might once have staged a pageant for Great_Elizabeth and all her bearded courtiers .

Related terms

unpretentious

4
[ adjective ] (sexuality) not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
5
[ adjective ] limited in size or scope

Examples

"a small business" "a newspaper with a modest circulation" "small-scale plans" "a pocket-size country"

Related terms

limited

6
[ adjective ] humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

Synonyms

meek mild

Examples

"meek and self-effacing"

Related terms

humble

7
[ adjective ] low or inferior in station or quality

Synonyms

small humble lowly low

Examples

"a humble cottage" "a lowly parish priest" "a modest man of the people" "small beginnings"

Related terms

inferior

8
[ adjective ] free from ostentation or pretension

Examples

"the restrained elegance of the room"

Related terms

discreet

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