MODEST

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modest adjectiv

1. modest, reţinut; timid; sfios.

2. cuviincios, decent.

3. (despre preţuri etc.) modest, convenabil.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I knew such an idea would shock, perhaps offend you; and you were so discreet, and so thoroughly modest and sensible, I hoped you might be trusted to protect yourself.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Although we found a relationship between a mother’s attitude towards her baby during pregnancy and her later interactions, this link was only modest.

(Mother’s attitude towards baby during pregnancy may have implications for child’s development, University of Cambridge)

She was then merely a quiet, modest, not plain-looking girl, but she is now absolutely pretty.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people by being modest as well as pretty, Meg.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I have not had the pleasure of visiting in Camden Place so long, replied he, without knowing something of Miss Anne Elliot; and I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly accomplished for modesty to be natural in any other woman.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

In a tandem study, they founded that whole grains, even in the absence of a significant difference in weight, have a modest effect on gut microbiota, which could be beneficial in terms of reducing inflammation and improving immune response to pathogens.

(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

She might never have thought of him but for me; and certainly never would have thought of him with hope, if I had not assured her of his attachment, for she is as modest and humble as I used to think him.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Bingley is most unaffectedly modest.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Her quiet interest in everything that interested Dora; her manner of making acquaintance with Jip (who responded instantly); her pleasant way, when Dora was ashamed to come over to her usual seat by me; her modest grace and ease, eliciting a crowd of blushing little marks of confidence from Dora; seemed to make our circle quite complete.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

This is my modest request and expectation, for you are so good, that I depend upon being treated better than I deserve, and I write now to beg an immediate answer.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

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