Meaning of MODESTLY
Pronunciation: | | m'âdustlee
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [adv] in a modest manner; "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'" |
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| Synonyms: | | with modesty |
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| Antonyms: | | immodestly, without modesty | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Mod"est*ly\, adv.
In a modest manner.
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| Related Terms: | | abjectly, after a fashion, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, comparatively, detectably, fair to middling, fairishly, fairly, humbly, in a manner, in a way, in part, in some measure, incompletely, indifferently, leastwise, mediocrely, meekly, merely, middling well, middlingly, mildly, moderately, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, on all fours, on bended knee, only, part, partially, partly, passably, pro tanto, purely, quietly, relatively, simply, so far, somewhat, so-so, submissively, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, tolerably, unassumingly, unobtrusively, unostentatiously, unpresumptuously, unpretendingly, unpretentiously, visibly, with bated breath, with due deference, without ceremony |
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