Read the dictionary definition of modest. All definitions for this word.
1. relatively moderate, limited, or small
1. a small business
2. a newspaper with a modest circulation
3. small-scale plans
4. a pocket-size country
2. not large but sufficient in size or amount
1. a modest salary
2. modest inflation
3. helped in my own small way
3. not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
1. a modest neckline in her dress covered her up to her collarbone
4. marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
1. a modest apartment
2. too modest to wear his medals
5. free from pomp or affectation
1. comfortable but modest cottages
2. a simple rectangular brick building
3. a simple man with simple tastes
6. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
1. meek and self-effacing
7. low or inferior in station or quality
1. a humble cottage
2. a lowly parish priest
3. a modest man of the people
4. small beginnings
