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Meanings of modestness in English

Portuguese
modéstia
Catalan
moderança
Spanish
modestia

Freedom from vanity or conceit.

modéstia

The property of being moderate in price or expenditures.

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Examples for "modesty"
Examples for "modesty"
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Feel free to avoid any sense of modesty, but keep it realistic.
59 seconds: think a little, change a lot
2
At the interview's end West declared, with characteristic modesty: I understand culture.
Ebony
3
It elevates manly attributes; in fact, it constitutes the modesty of man.
Monsieur de Camors — Volume 2
4
Sure, it's often suggested I don't have any modesty to begin with.
News.com.au
5
False modesty aside, I've got to say it was better than good.
Misery
Usage of modestness in English
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But advocates of greater military spending worried aloud yesterday that Gates has them pinned between overall budget pressures and the modestness of his plan.
Wired
Translations for modestness
Portuguese
modéstiapudor