modestly

副词 adv.

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a modest manner; with humility.
    — The man bowed modestly and left the dinner table.
  2. To a small degree.
    — These new shuttlelike craft might modestly reduce the cost of getting to low earth orbit.

词形变化

more modestly comparative most modestly superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English modest
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English modestly
From modest + -ly.
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