transcription, транскрипция: [ mɒdɪst ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A modest house or other building is not large or expensive.
...the modest home of a family who lived off the land...
A one-night stay in a modest hotel costs around £35.
ADJ
2.
You use modest to describe something such as an amount, rate, or improvement which is fairly small.
Swiss unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%...
The democratic reforms have been modest...
ADJ
• mod‧est‧ly
Britain’s balance of payments improved modestly last month.
ADV : ADV after v , ADV adj / -ed / adv
3.
If you say that someone is modest , you approve of them because they do not talk much about their abilities or achievements.
He’s modest, as well as being a great player...
ADJ [ approval ]
• mod‧est‧ly
‘You really must be very good at what you do.’—‘I suppose I am,’ Kate said modestly.
ADV : ADV with v
4.
You can describe a woman as modest when she avoids doing or wearing anything that might cause men to have sexual feelings towards her. You can also describe her clothes or behaviour as modest .
Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force...
ADJ
• mod‧est‧ly
She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together.
ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj / adv