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modestly

adverb as in within reasonable limits

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Covering the neck and head and dressing modestly became mandatory for women in Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

From BBC

A secret center of the musical theater universe lies almost 3,000 miles from Broadway in a modestly grand house in Toluca Lake.

Here, ancient people would have encountered a drier, less forested environment—and the sediment core shows charcoal levels rose more modestly than in the more densely forested environment.

He modestly shrugged at the suggestion, however, saying there are still “bad days that y’all don’t see.”

Rather, they nestle down in a corner, modestly flashing by, one after the next, as the slide tray clicks in nonstop rotation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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