Vad betyder modestly på svenska och vad är definitionen av modestly?

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modestly betydelse and definition

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.

Though tax cuts may modestly increase private saving, they will substantially reduce public saving by swelling the deficit.
To his disappointment, the book sold only modestly.
Starter homes and modestly priced properties are attracting a lot of young families to the area.
Her parents were schoolteachers who lived modestly on their small salaries.
"I just happened to get hold of the ball," he recalls, modestly.
"This is really good pie," he said. "You like it?" Marcia asked modestly.
They led him into a huge hall which they modestly called the Small Chamber.
The new look was really striking and Betty was modestly delighted with her transformation.