modestly 的定义
- reflecting a moderate or humble estimate of one’s merits, importance, etc.; not boastfully:He modestly puts all of his success down to timing.
- in a way that is free from showy extravagance; not ostentatiously:For a billionaire, he lives rather modestly in a home he bought decades ago.
- in a way that shows regard for decency in behavior, speech, dress, etc.:When visiting religious sites, avoid offense by dressing modestly: cover your shoulders, torsos, and thighs.
- within reasonable limits; moderately: A modestly priced economy car may be more appropriate for your teenage driver.
modestly 近义词
in a modest manner
within reasonable limits
modestly 的近义词 5 个
modestly 的反义词 4 个
更多modestly例句
- Jos Hermens, the agent who represents both Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele, told me that Kipchoge got a big boost from the original Vaporflys, while Bekele got a much more modest one.
- On the housing production side, we want to make sure that some reasonable and modest improvements on how we are allowing housing production to actually take place are afforded.
- Even a modest deployment in the next few months could protect millions of people and save tens of thousands.
- The bank’s bad-loan write-offs, though still modest, are creeping higher.
- The researchers contend that such a strategy can make a huge dent in the infection rate while causing a far more modest drop in the total number of visits to those venues.
- Williamson “talks fluently and modestly about his art,” Barkham wrote.
- The Arab women wore their colored hejabs, and the non-Muslim women dressed modestly and without a veil.
- All of that, and the fact that hardly anyone within the state knows who the hell Bell is, and Booker is only polling modestly.
- If I am dressed “modestly,” then they can perhaps generate a modicum of understanding.
- Previously, no one thought twice about telling girls to dress modestly in order be taken seriously or to be protected.
- We modestly reminded her that we always did go, excepting of course on this particular Sunday.
- You thought I smiled modestly and said, "Oh yes, he's my brother, my young brother; isn't he wonderful?"
- More modestly, it is a kind of table of contents, of a unique type; a table of living contents!
- She asked her question very modestly, but her cheeks were flushed, and she was evidently indignant.
- "All can not be officers, and I was content to serve my country in the most humble capacity," modestly replied Mark.