Definitions
In a humble, restrained, or not boastful way.
Word origin
From modest + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“The man bowed modestly and left the dinner table.”
“An hour later, Trump and Starmer were gathered in the modestly named Donald J Trump Ballroom for the press conference proper.”
“These new shuttlelike craft might modestly reduce the cost of getting to low earth orbit.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Without boasting”8 letters
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