Usually means: Unassuming in estimation of self.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word modest:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. modest: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. modest: Merriam-Webster
  3. modest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. modest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. modest: Collins English Dictionary
  6. modest: Vocabulary.com
  7. Modest, modest: Wordnik
  8. modest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. modest: Wiktionary
  10. modest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. modest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. modest: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Modest, modest: Dictionary.com
  14. modest: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Modest (bishop of Trier), Modest (email client), Modest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Modest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. modest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. modest: Rhymezone
  19. modest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. modest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. modest: FreeDictionary.org
  22. modest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. modest: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. modest: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modest: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. modest: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. modest: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)

(Note: See modestly as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
adjective:  Small, moderate in size.
adjective:  Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety.
adjective:  (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

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