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modestly
adverb as in in a modest manner
adverb as in within reasonable limits
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Example Sentences
Biden talked of being a “transformative” president, but Harris has framed her agenda more modestly, as solving problems incrementally.
He modestly shrugged at the suggestion, however, saying there are still “bad days that y’all don’t see.”
“Here’s this girl from a family of eight in Nutley, N.J., living modestly, who gets a good idea, builds it into something really fine and profits from it,” she says in “Martha,” a documentary premiering Wednesday on Netflix.
Many analysts attribute the disconnect to two key elements: One is bad memories of high inflation especially in 2022, which means that prices for groceries and other goods, while now growing far more modestly, remain on the whole about 20% higher than before the pandemic.
Over at the modestly sized counterprotest across the street on the steps of Moynihan Train Hall, a few teenage girls joined in with homemade signs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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