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Definition: Modestly |
ModestlyAdverb1. In a modest manner; "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "modestly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: ModestlySynonym: with modesty (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: immodestly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Modestly |
| English words defined with "modestly": coy ♦ with modesty. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "modestly": Enjoyed poor health ♦ Mask ♦ Wisest Man of Greece. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy. |
Plato | Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them. |
William Shakespeare | I your looking glass will be and will modestly discover to you qualities which you yourself know not of. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He superintended all the dressings, from which Mademoiselle Gillenormand modestly absented herself. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Women usually dress conservatively and modestly. (references) | |
The contaminated soil remediation market improved modestly in 1999, as a result of large government remediation projects. (references) | ||
Many economists expect private consumption to expand modestly (2.2 percent in 1999) compared to 1997's anemic growth (0.3 percent rise). (references) | ||
Children | Chad | Although the Government continued to increase modestly its assistance to the education sector, the Government does not have enough money to provide adequate funding to public education and medical care. (references) |
Economic History | Samoa | The collapse of taro exports in 1994 has had the unintended effect of modestly diversifying Samoa's export products and markets. (references) |
Georgia | Georgia is a modestly computerized country with a good supply of professional, inexpensive labor and a number of companies involved in information technology. (references) | |
Political Economy | Colombia | The economy, after a very sharp contraction, has expanded again, albeit modestly. (references) |
Guinea-Bissau | The GDP has improved modestly since 1998 and is estimated at $1.1 billion (814 million CFA francs). (references) | |
Travel | Nepal | Visitors are advised to dress modestly. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Modestly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.67% of the time. "Modestly" is used about 302 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.67% | 301 | 16,714 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 302 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "modestly": behave modestly. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "modestly": modestly-equipped, modestly-priced, modestly-sized, modestly-titled. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
modestly | 12 |
dressing modestly | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "modestly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تواضع (behave modestly, demureness, humility, lowliness, meekness, modesty, unpretentiousness), تصرف بصورة متواضعة (behave modestly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 谦虚地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Czech | skromnì (humbly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | met mate, gematigd (moderate, reasonable), bescheiden (discrete, moderate, modest, reasonable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | modere. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | modiquement, modestement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | bescheidene (unassumingly, unboastfully), bescheiden (abstemious, bestow upon, decide upon, demure, frugal, grant, humble, humbly, lowlily, lowly, moderate, modest, plain, small, to humble, unassuming, unboastful, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unpretentiously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σεμνά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"צ יע לכת (behave modestly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szerényen viselkedik (behave modestly, have no side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 謙称 (refer to modestly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | け"しょう (charter, displaying, energy, epaulet, epaulette, good health, honouring, inspection, manifesting, offering prizes, pep, refer to modestly, revealing or demonstrating the truth, reward, sheath of tendon, shoulder strap, spirit, verification, winning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 겸손하게 (unobtrusively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | odestlymay modestamente. (various references) mütevazi olarak, alçak gönüllülükle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | summisse. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "modestly": immodestly, overmodestly. (additional references) | |
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"Modestly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: molesly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "modestly" (pronounced mÄ"dustlē) |
| 5 | -u s t l ē | dishonestly, earnestly, honestly. |
| 4 | -s t l ē | costly, firstly, ghastly, ghostly, justly, lastly, manifestly, mostly, priestly, robustly, steadfastly, unjustly, vastly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, greatly, hesitantly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, jointly, knightly, lately, legitimately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, militantly, minutely, moderately, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-l-m-o-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: modesty, motleys. | |
-2 letters: melody, models, modest, molest, molted, mostly, motels, motley, odyles, oldest, seldom, stoled, styled, yodels, yodles. | |
-3 letters: delts, demos, doest, doles, dolts, domes, dotes, emyds, lodes, lysed, melds, melts, model, modes, molds, moldy, moles, molts, mosey, moste, motel, motes, motey, odyle, odyls, sloyd, smelt, smolt, smote, soled, stole, styed, style, telos. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-l-m-o-s-t-y" | |
+2 letters: immodestly, molybdates. | |
+3 letters: deployments, methyldopas. | |
+4 letters: demonstrably, domestically, etymologised, molybdenites, overmodestly, tremendously. | |
+5 letters: redeployments, sedimentology. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 64 65 73 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- -.. . ... - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01100100 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o d e s t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0064 0065 0073 0074 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4781707185867891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, 아라비아, árabe, arapça, arap, araplara özgü |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, chino, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, 체", checo, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, 네덜란", holandés, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Esperanto | vortaro, difino, traduko | الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , esperanto, esperanto dili |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, francés, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, alemán, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", hebreo, musevi, ibranice, ibrani |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, 헝가리, húngaro, macarca, macar |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonés, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonés, Japonca |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coreano, kore'li |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, turco, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglan, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, 영국, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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