I would gladly tell you what a wonderful person I am but alas, I am too modest.
But I am also modest for saying that.
i was modest when i was the new person in my class
It was a formal occasion, so she wore a modest dress.
the modest trend is a scarf
There is a modest entrance fee to the center.
The tree was modest and shared the rainwater with the flowers.
To be modest means also to be appropriate for occasion and time.
The boy was really modest.
She is the chatelaine of our house. Or she behaves like a chatelaine although our house is very modest.
"Johnson was very modest, and behaved bashfully when praised."
I am aware that this will appear to be insufferable vanity to some modest types.
modest humble unassuming reserved there are different ways to use modest.
He was modest and diffident about his own success. She overcame her natural diffidence and spoke with great frankness.