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(adj) minor, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale
limited in size or scope
a small business; a newspaper with a modest circulation; small-scale plans; a pocket-size country
(adj) small
not large but sufficient in size or amount
a modest salary; modest inflation; helped in my own small way
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
meek and self-effacing
(adj) humble, small, low, lowly
low or inferior in station or quality
a humble cottage; a lowly parish priest; a modest man of the people; small beginnings