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Meaning of MODESTLY

Pronunciation:  m'âdustlee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adv]  in a modest manner; "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'"
 
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 Synonyms: with modesty
 
 Antonyms: immodestly, without modesty
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mod"est*ly\, adv.
In a modest manner.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 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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