modestly

English

Etymology

modest +‎ -ly

Adverb

modestly (comparative more modestly, superlative most modestly)

1. In a modest manner; with humility.

   The man bowed modestly and left the dinner table.

2. To a small degree.
   • 2013, Harry L. Shipman, Space 2000: Meeting the Challenge of a New Era (page 55)

     These new shuttlelike craft might modestly reduce the cost of getting to low earth orbit.

Translations

in a modest manner

• Armenian: համեստորեն (hy) (hamestoren)
• Catalan: modestament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 謙虛地／谦虚地, 谦虚地 (qiānxū de), 審慎地／审慎地, 审慎地 (shěnshèn de), 謙恭地／谦恭地, 谦恭地 (qiāngōng de), 簡樸地／简朴地, 简朴地 (jiǎnpǔ de), 端莊地／端庄地, 端庄地 (duānzhuāng de), 適度地／适度地, 适度地 (shìdù de)

• Dutch: bescheiden (nl)
• Esperanto: modeste (eo)
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• Finnish: vaatimattomasti
• French: modestement (fr)
• Icelandic: með kurt og pí
• Italian: modestamente (it)
• Latin: modestē
• Portuguese: modestamente
• Russian: скро́мно (ru) (skrómno)
• Spanish: modestamente