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  • 101modest — Synonyms and related words: Olympian, aloof, altruistic, backward, bashful, becoming, betwixt and between, blank, boggling, budget, cheap, chilled, chilly, clean, cold, committed, common, consecrated, constrained, cool, coy, decent, decorous,… …

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  • 102modest — mo|dest Mot Agut Adjectiu variable …

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  • 103modést — adj. m., pl. modéşti; f. sg. modéstã, pl. modéste …

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  • 104modest — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Humble] Syn. unassuming, meek, diffident, shy; see humble 1 , resigned . 2. [Not showy] Syn. unpretentious, unostentatious, unobtrusive, demure, quiet, seemly, proper, decorous, unstudied, plain, simple, natural,… …

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  • 105modest — mo|dẹst 〈Adj.〉 maßvoll, bescheiden, sittsam [Etym.: <lat. modestus »maßvoll, gemäßigt; bescheiden; ehrbar«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 106modest — mo|dest <aus gleichbed. lat. modestus, eigtl. »Maß haltend«, zu modus, vgl. ↑Modus> (veraltet) bescheiden, sittsam …

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  • 107modest — mod·est || mÉ‘dɪst / mÉ’ adj. humble, unpretentious, unassuming; moderate; simple, limited; decent or appropriate in thought or dress; not provocatively dressed …

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  • 108MODEST — Modestus …

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  • 109modest — adjective 1》 unassuming in the estimation of one s abilities. 2》 relatively moderate, limited, or small. 3》 avoiding indecency or impropriety. Derivatives modestly adverb modesty noun Origin C16: from Fr. modeste, from L. modestus keeping due… …

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  • 110modest — a. 1. Unpretending, unobtrusive, unassuming, retiring, unostentatious. 2. Chaste, pure, virtuous. 3. Moderate, decent, becoming, proper …

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