She listened to him with her eyes modestly cast down.
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Modestly
Synonyms for "modestly" (107 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Adverb(17 words)
Related words (53)
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Translations
23 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- համեստորեն adv (in a modest manner)
Catalan
1 entries- modestament adv (in a modest manner)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 審慎地 /审慎地 adv (in a modest manner)
- 端莊地 /端庄地 adv (in a modest manner)
- 簡樸地 /简朴地 adv (in a modest manner)
- 謙恭地 /谦恭地 adv (in a modest manner)
Dutch
1 entries- bescheiden adv (in a modest manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- modeste adv (in a modest manner)
Finnish
1 entries- vaatimattomasti adv (in a modest manner)
French
1 entries- modestement adv (in a modest manner)
Galician
1 entries- modestamente adv (in a modest manner)
Hindi
1 entries- सविनय adv (in a modest manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- szerényen adv (in a modest manner)
Icelandic
1 entries- með kurt og pí adv (in a modest manner)
Italian
1 entries- modestamente adv (in a modest manner)
Latin
1 entries- modestē adv (in a modest manner)
Macedonian
1 entries- скромно adv (in a modest manner)
Malayalam
1 entries- എളിമയോടെ adv (in a modest manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- modestamente adv (in a modest manner)
Russian
1 entries- скро́мно adv (in a modest manner)
Spanish
1 entries- modestamente adv (in a modest manner)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
You should dress more modestly.
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I wish my daughter would dress more modestly.
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He dressed very modestly.
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