Betydelse av modestly på svenska

• 0 in a way that is not very large in size, amount or degree, or not expensive:

  • At just £10, the tickets are very modestly priced.

  • Prices rose modestly in the first quarter.

  • He had a modestly successful career as an artist.

• 1 in a way that shows you do not like to talk about or make obvious your own abilities and achievements:

  • He modestly discourages any talk of him winning a Nobel Prize.

  • "I'm no better than any other player on the team," she says modestly.

• 2 in a way that avoids showing too much of the body or attracting sexual interest:

  • She was dressed modestly.

• 3 in a size or amount that is not large or with a value that is not great:

  • He lives in a modestly furnished apartment.

• 4 with a tendency to not talk about or make obvious your own abilities and achievements:

  • She spoke modestly about her work.

• 5 with behavior and clothes that are correct or socially acceptable and represent traditional values:

  • She was modestly dressed in a full-length skirt.