Definition of Modest

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Modest

Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.

Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman.

Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as, a modest request; modest joy.

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Modest Quotations

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.
Winston Churchill

This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Confucius

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
William Shakespeare

Nobody who takes on anything big and tough can afford to be modest.
Orson Welles

I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.
Margaret Thatcher

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.
Margaret Thatcher

Modest Translations

modest in Danish is beskeden
modest in Dutch is bescheiden, discreet, ingetogen
modest in Finnish is vaatimaton
modest in French is pudique, modeste
modest in German is anspruchslos, bequem
modest in Italian is pudico, semplice
modest in Latin is vercundus
modest in Portuguese is modesto
modest in Spanish is modesto, casto

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