Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #1134 of 1319

modest (adj.)

not boastful

Examples

  • A modest winner.

Key rules

  • Modest means not boastful or proud
  • A modest winner, modest lifestyle
  • Modesty is the noun
💡 Tip: Describing winners // Describing lifestyles // Praise
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