modestly
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Definition of modestly
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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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.”
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adv
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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.”
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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.”
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Etymology
From modest + -ly.
Words you can make from modestly
200+ playable · top: MODESTY (13 pts)
Best play modesty 13 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
44 words- EMYDS 11 pts
- MOLDY 11 pts
- MELTY 10 pts
- MOLYS 10 pts
- MOSEY 10 pts
- MOTEY 10 pts
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- LYSED 9 pts
- ODYLE 9 pts
- ODYLS 9 pts
- SLOYD 9 pts
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- TOYED 9 pts
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- STYLE 8 pts
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- TOLED 6 pts
- STOLE 5 pts
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4-letter words
76 words- DEMY 10 pts
- EMYD 10 pts
- ELMY 9 pts
- MOLY 9 pts
- YLEM 9 pts
- DEYS 8 pts
- DOTY 8 pts
- DYES 8 pts
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3-letter words
56 words- YOM 8 pts
- DEY 7 pts
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- YOD 7 pts
- DOM 6 pts
- LEY 6 pts
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- MED 6 pts
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2-letter words
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