modesty
noun, plural mod·es·ties.
Origin of modesty
Related Words for modesty
simplicity, reticence, propriety, purity, decency, humility, virtue, diffidence, humbleness, demureness, timidity, quietness, self-effacement, constraint, delicacy, inhibition, meekness, chastity, innocence, celibacyExamples from the Web for modesty
Contemporary Examples of modesty
Mapei is soft-spoken, but that should not be mistaken for modesty.
The very limitations that we understand as modesty are erased by this process.
After Bates died, his successor at the RGS reflected, “I think his modesty was carried to a fault.”
Then again, my perception of modesty has been skewed ever since Katy Perry shot whip cream out of her bra, so who even knows.
Avril Lavigne’s Dumb ‘Hello Kitty’ Video Is Rife with Cultural AppropriationAmy Zimmerman
April 25, 2014
Valderrama's modest career is in direct contrast to his flagrant lack of modesty.
Historical Examples of modesty
All shall be imputed to that modesty which has ever so much distinguished you.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
There was a modesty in Bowser's tone that gave me a better opinion of him.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
She was quite honest, and she served her father's customers with modesty.
The Hunted OutlawAnonymous
If you will force my modesty to the confession I believe in my heart that it is a sapphire.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
She sobbed, and with a sudden feeling of modesty freed her wrists from his grasp.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola