Modestly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Modestly \Mod"est*ly\, adv.
     In a modest manner.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  modestly
       adv : in a modest manner; "the dissertation was entitled,
             modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'" [syn:
             {with modesty}] [ant: {immodestly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "modestly":
     abjectly, after a fashion, appreciably, at any rate, at best,
     at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside,
     at worst, comparatively, detectably, fair to middling, fairishly,
     fairly, humbly, in a manner, in a way, in part, in some measure,
     incompletely, indifferently, leastwise, mediocrely, meekly, merely,
     middling well, middlingly, mildly, moderately, not comprehensively,
     not exhaustively, on all fours, on bended knee, only, part,
     partially, partly, passably, pro tanto, purely, quietly,
     relatively, simply, so far, so-so, somewhat, submissively,
     thus far, to a degree, to some degree, tolerably, unassumingly,
     unobtrusively, unostentatiously, unpresumptuously, unpretendingly,
     unpretentiously, visibly, with bated breath, with due deference,
     without ceremony