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Definition of: modest
(mod′ist) adjective
1. Restrained by a sense of propriety or humility.
2. Characterized by reserve, propriety, or purity; decorous; chaste.
3. Free from excess; moderate. [<F modeste <L modestus moderate <modus measure]
—mod′est·ly adverb Synonyms: chaste, decent, decorous, humble, moderate, proper, pure, retiring, unassuming, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious, virtuous. See HUMBLE.
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