modest

modest
adj.
1 not having a high opinion of your own abilities
VERBS
▪ be, look, remain, seem
ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ genuinely
▪ falsely
▪

She would be falsely modest not to acknowledge that she had come a very long way since those early days.

PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪

He is modest about his achievements.

2 not very large, expensive, important, etc.
VERBS
▪ be, seem
▪

Our requirements seem fairly modest.

ADVERB
▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.
▪ comparatively, relatively
▪

He is looking to improve on his relatively modest achievements so far.

▪ apparently
▪ surprisingly
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪

The new homes are modest in scale, but very comfortable.

Modest is used with these nouns: ↑aim, ↑ambition, ↑breakfast, ↑budget, ↑circumstance, ↑comfort, ↑contribution, ↑decline, ↑decrease, ↑degree, ↑dwelling, ↑effect, ↑expectation, ↑expenditure, ↑extension, ↑fall, ↑fee, ↑flat, ↑gain, ↑goal, ↑growth, ↑home, ↑house, ↑improvement, ↑income, ↑increase, ↑investment, ↑means, ↑number, ↑outlay, ↑premises, ↑profit, ↑programme, ↑proportion, ↑proposal, ↑quantity, ↑recovery, ↑reduction, ↑reform, ↑return, ↑rise, ↑salary, ↑scale, ↑share, ↑size, ↑success, ↑sum, ↑target

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