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modest
adjective
Unassuming in manner or restrained in scale or expression.
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A Portrait in the Wrong Window · paragraph 6Unassuming in manner or restrained in scale or expression.
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He gave a modest account of the rescue and spent longer praising the boat crew.
A modest young clerk who seldom claimed any credit made the sixth member.
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