Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in all modesty

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: in- al-l -mod-esty
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Prepended to praise of oneself or one's own doings, as a form of modesty.

Example Sentences

"But at any rate, and on the principle that of two hypotheses, each in itself adequate, we should choose the simpler, I suggest in all modesty that we shall do better with our own than with Coleridge's, which has the further disadvantage of being scarcely amenable to positive evidence."
"It seems to me, in all modesty, that you are well paired."
"I think I may say, in all modesty, that I have done a rare thing. I have invented a new sensation."
"I speak in all modesty as I say this, but I discovered at that moment that I have a fierce will to live."

Inflected Forms

with all modesty (alternative)

Synonyms

if I do say so myself not to brag though I say it who should not

Questions

What does in all modesty mean?: Prepended to praise of oneself or one's own doings, as a form of modesty.

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