'Modestly' definitions:
Definition of 'modestly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
With modesty; in a modest manner; "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'" [ant: immodestly]
Definition of 'Modestly'
From: GCIDE
- Modestly \Mod"est*ly\, adv. In a modest manner. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'modestly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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