| 词汇 | modestly |
| 释义 | modestly adverb uk /ˈmɒd.ɪst.li/ us /ˈmɑː.dɪst.li/ modestlyadverb (NOT MUCH/VERY)C1 in a way that is not very large in size, amount or degree, or not expensive: At just £10, the tickets are very modestly priced. Prices rose modestly in the first quarter. He had a modestly successful career as an artist. Though tax cuts may modestly increase private saving, they will substantially reduce public saving by swelling the deficit. To his disappointment, the book sold only modestly. Starter homes and modestly priced properties are attracting a lot of young families to the area. Her parents were schoolteachers who lived modestly on their small salaries. Small baby bijou bite-sized claustrophobically compactly dwarf midget miniaturized missy modest no/not enough room to swing a catidiom on the large, small, etc. sideidiom parsimonious sampler scaled-down scrubby shoe box shrunken skimpily wee You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Small in number and quantity Costing little or no money modestlyadverb (BEHAVIOUR)in a way that shows you do not like to talk about or make obvious your own abilities and achievements: 谦虚地，谦逊地 He modestly discourages any talk of him winning a Nobel Prize. 他谦虚地阻止关于他赢得诺贝尔奖的言论。 "I'm no better than any other player on the team," she says modestly.“我并不比球队中的任何其他球员优秀，”她谦虚地说。 "I just happened to get hold of the ball," he recalls, modestly. "This is really good pie," he said. "You like it?" Marcia asked modestly. They led him into a huge hall which they modestly called the Small Chamber. The new look was really striking and Betty was modestly delighted with her transformation. Shy and modest aw shucks backward bashful bashfully bashfulness humility inadequacy inadequate indoorsiness indoorsy mousy reticently retiring self-conscious self-consciously self-consciousness shyness unassuming wallflower withdrawn modestlyadverb (DRESS)in a way that avoids showing too much of the body or attracting sexual interest: 端庄地，朴素地 She was dressed modestly.她衣着朴素。 We remind visitors to the temple that we like people to dress modestly, which means, for example, no shorts. "I don't think you should be allowed to fly in a swimsuit. I believe people should dress modestly in public," he said. She wore her skirts modestly long. Billboards show women modestly veiled. Style & appearance of clothes aesthetic alterable anti-fur Aran backless floor-length flouncy foppishly form-fitting French tuck reversible ribbed ribby ruche ruched voluminously voop neck waisted washable wasp waist You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Shy and modest modestly | American Dictionarymodestly adverb us/ˈmɑd·ɪst·li/ modestlyadverb (IN A NOT LARGE MANNER)in a size or amount that is not large or with a value that is not great: He lives in a modestly furnished apartment. modestlyadverb (SUCCESSFULLY BUT QUIETLY)with a tendency to not talk about or make obvious your own abilities and achievements: She spoke modestly about her work. modestlyadverb (CORRECTLY)with behavior and clothes that are correct or socially acceptable and represent traditional values: She was modestly dressed in a full-length skirt. Examples of modestlymodestly Alternatively, understanding false belief may be enhanced, but more modestly. This is a modestly priced and engaging volume that was written to be read and enjoyed. The factory was modestly equipped, reaching a capacity of only 20 tonnes a day. Creating mechanisms to force change were only modestly less important than specification of change itself. With this in mind, in my view the lessons drawn might have been stated more modestly. Our findings suggest that political discussion is infrequently public, modestly contested and sometimes marred by inequality. And though often modestly contested, they are marred by political inequality. The chorus was dressed rather modestly while the dancers wore expensive and opulent costumes. It may also suggest that these results only modestly reflect the suffering of patients at later stages. Contrary to our initial bivariate analyses, opinion change does seem to depend, very modestly, on small group mechanisms. The benefit in doing so, because we seek to maximize force anyway, is that this constraint helps to establish a more modestly sized design space. Apparently, their magma chambers were modestly heterogeneous but neither highly evolved nor systematically zoned from top to bottom. Doubling the length of the a5-helix by repeating its sequence generated a mutant whose receptor coupling was only modestly reduced. The couple had no productive assets, and their house was modestly furnished. First, a modestly incorporationistic r ule of recognition may not be all that modest. See all examples of modestly These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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