modestly
adverb
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adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English modest Middle English -ly English -ly English modestly From modest + -ly.
- In a modest manner; with humility.
“The man bowed modestly and left the dinner table.”
“An hour later, Trump and Starmer were gathered in the modestly named Donald J Trump Ballroom for the press conference proper.”
- To a small degree.
“These new shuttlelike craft might modestly reduce the cost of getting to low earth orbit.”
“One of several factors to his success this election was modestly boosting his support among men, a shift concentrated among younger voters, according to AP VoteCast, survey of more than 120,000 voters nationwide.”