fra: modeste

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Meaning
means(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
lowly, modest, low, humble, small
means(adjective) disposed to avoid notice; "they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it"; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
blate, bashful
means(adjective) self-consciously timid; "I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
bashful
means(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"
modest
means(adjective) not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
modest, small

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