modest manner
1modest — mod•est [[t]ˈmɒd ɪst[/t]] adj. 1) having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one s merits, importance, etc 2) free from ostentation: a modest house[/ex] 3) having or showing regard for the decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc 4)… …
2Modest Mussorgsky — Mussorgsky redirects here. For other uses, see Mussorgsky (disambiguation). Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, 1870. Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Модест Петрович Мýсoргский; 21 March [O.S. 9 March] 1839 – 28 March [O.S. 16 March] 1881) was a… …
3modest — adj. 1 having or expressing a humble or moderate estimate of one s own merits or achievements. 2 diffident, bashful, retiring. 3 decorous in manner and conduct. 4 moderate or restrained in amount, extent, severity, etc.; not excessive or… …
4modest — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Humble] Syn. unassuming, meek, diffident, shy; see humble 1 , resigned . 2. [Not showy] Syn. unpretentious, unostentatious, unobtrusive, demure, quiet, seemly, proper, decorous, unstudied, plain, simple, natural,… …
5shy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bashful, reserved, retiring, demure; cautious, suspicious, wary; timid, skittish, fearful; short, lacking. See modesty, fear, incompleteness. Ant., forward, brash, incautious. v. start, recoil. See… …
6shy — shy1 [shī] adj. shyer or shier, shyest or shiest [ME schei, dial. development < OE sceoh, akin to Ger scheu, shy, prob. < IE * skeuk , harassed (> OSlav ščuti, to pursue); akin to * skeub > SCOFF1] 1. easily frightened or startled;… …
7Canons Regular — are members of certain bodies of Canons (priests) living in community under the Augustinian Rule ( regula in Latin), and sharing their property in common as a type of vow of poverty. Distinct from monks, who live a cloistered, contemplative life… …
8Canons and Canonesses Regular — • According to St. Thomas Aquinas, a canon regular is essentially a religious cleric Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canons and Canonesses Regular Canons and Canonesses Regular …
9The Antichrist (book) — The Antichrist   Cover of the 2005 Cosimo edition …
10modestly — adverb with modesty; in a modest manner (Freq. 2) the dissertation was entitled, modestly, Remarks about a play by Shakespeare • Ant: ↑immodestly • Derived from adjective: ↑modest …
