Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: modest
IPA transcription: [m'ɑdəst]
Pronunciations of modest
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: modest
    Meaning: marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"
  • Synonyms: modest, small
    Meaning: not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
  • Synonyms: modest
    Meaning: free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"
Usage examples
  • "How modest we have become!
  • "Do not be so modest, my boy!
  • I go where glory or a modest competence waits me.
  • 'It is my own modest fashion of attending divine service.
  • Thus the modest and virtuous Lady Aoi passed away forever.
  • This is his great fault; he was modest in the name of France.
  • "A copy of verses," corrected Carolyn, with a modest catch in her breath.
  • With the close of my school-days at Rivermouth this modest chronicle ends.
  • But here it was no longer some isolated bush or a modest grove of low timber.
  • Some discredit also would have been cast upon those who live in moderate and modest ways.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cleavage (breasts), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Paraprosdokian, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jesus, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Phil Collins, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Neuschwanstein Castle, License CC BY-SA 4.0