Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

modestly

/mˈɑdəstli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: mod-est-ly
IPA: /mˈɑdəstli/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a modest manner; with humility.

adv

To a small degree.

Example Sentences

"The man bowed modestly and left the dinner table."
"An hour later, Trump and Starmer were gathered in the modestly named Donald J Trump Ballroom for the press conference proper."
"These new shuttlelike craft might modestly reduce the cost of getting to low earth orbit."
"One of several factors to his success this election was modestly boosting his support among men, a shift concentrated among younger voters, according to AP VoteCast, survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide."

Etymology

Etymology tree English modest Middle English -ly English -ly English modestly From modest + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more modestly (comparative) most modestly (superlative)

Synonyms

chastely humbly meekly becomingly continently correctly decently decorously deservingly dutifully duteously meritoriously

Questions

How do you pronounce modestly?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɑdəstli/.
What does modestly mean?: In a modest manner; with humility.
Where does modestly come from?: Etymology tree English modest Middle English -ly English -ly English modestly From modest + -ly.

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