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adjective

1. Having or expressing feelings of humility: humble, lowly, meek. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, big/small/amount, self-love/modesty.
2. Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner: backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, retiring, self-effacing, shy¹, timid. See restraint/unrestraint.
3. Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct: chaste, decent, nice, pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous. See good/bad, restraint/unrestraint, sex/asexual.
4. Not lewd or obscene: clean, decent, wholesome. See decent/indecent.
5. Not elaborate or showy, as in appearance or style: plain, simple, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretentious. See plain/fancy.
6. Not excessive or extreme in amount, degree, or force: moderate, reasonable, temperate. See big/small/amount, edge/center.
7. Suited to or within the means of ordinary people: moderate, popular, reasonable. See money.

adj

Definition: limited, ordinary
Antonyms: extraordinary, grand, immodest, ostentatious, presumptuous, unlimited

adj

Definition: shy
Antonyms: arrogant, assured, bold, brave, conceited, courageous, egotistical, flamboyant, immodest, proud, self-confident, unabashed, unashamed

IN BRIEF: Speaking, dressing or behaving in a way that is considered correct or proper. Also: Limited in size, amount or aim.

A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library. — Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - beskeden, fordringsløs, blufærdig

Nederlands (Dutch)
bescheiden, ingetogen, redelijk, niet groot, zedig

Français (French)
adj. - modeste, prodigue, décent, pudique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bescheiden, anspruchslos, anständig, sittsam

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μετριόφρων, σεμνός, συνεσταλμένος, ταπεινόφρων, μετρημένος, λογικός, συμμαζεμένος, μετριοπαθής

Italiano (Italian)
modesto, pudico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - modesto, decoroso

Русский (Russian)
скромный, застенчивый, умеренный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - modesto, humilde, moderado, parco, pudoroso, recatado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - blygsam, anständig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
谦逊的, 适度的, 羞怯的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 謙遜的, 適度的, 羞怯的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 신중한, 얌전한, 적당한, 겸손한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 謙虚な, 控えめな, あまり大きくない, しとやかな, 地味な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) محتشم, متواضع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צנוע, לא מפריז, לא גדול‬

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