modesty

Definition

  • noun: the quality of being modest
  • noun: freedom from conceit or vanity
  • synonyms: aloofness, altruism, backwardness

Examples

  • He is known for his 'modesty', an uncommon characteristic for a politician.

  • I'll admit 'with all modesty' that I have had a very successful career.

  • There was no false 'modesty' in her victory speech.

Movie quotes

  • (..) that it is proof and bulwark against sense What have I done that thou darest wag thy tongue in noise so rude against me? Such an act that blurs the grace and blush of modesty Calls virtue hypocrite, makes marriage vows as false as dicers' oaths Ay me, what act that roars so loud (..)
    2015 Hamlet
  • (..) - Be not too tame neither Let your own discretion be your tutor Suit the action to the word, the word to the action With this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature For anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing... ...whose end, both at the first and now, (..)
    2015 Hamlet