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modest

adjective · /MAH-dist/

Modest means not bragging or showing off. It can also mean simple or not too fancy.

In a sentence

  • "Even after winning the art contest, Maya stayed modest and thanked her whole class for cheering her on."
  • "He wore a modest costume for the play: a plain blue cape and a paper crown."

Books where you'll see it

  • Little Women
    Louisa May Alcott
  • Anne of Green Gables
    L. M. Montgomery
  • The Secret Garden
    Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • A Little Princess
    Frances Hodgson Burnett
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