| NOUN | attribute | modestness, reasonableness, moderateness | the property of being moderate in price / price or expenditures |
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| attribute | modestness, modesty | freedom from vanity or conceit |
| Meaning | The property of being moderate in price / price or expenditures. | |
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| Example | "the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately" | |
| Synonyms | reasonableness, moderateness | |
| Broader | inexpensiveness | The quality of being affordable |
| Spanish | modicidad, razonabilidad | |
| Adjectives | modest | not large but sufficient in size or amount |
| Meaning | freedom from vanity or conceit. | |
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| Synonym | modesty | |
| Attributes | immodest | offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance |
| modest | not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance | |
| Narrower | primness, prudishness, prudery, Grundyism | excessive or affected modesty |
| Broader | decency | The quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality |
| Opposite | immodesty | The trait of being vain and conceited |
| Spanish | decoro, moderación, modestia | |
| Catalan | moderació, moderança, modèstia | |
| Adjectives | modest | not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance |
| modest | marked by simplicity | |
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