modestly
How many syllables in modestly?
There are 3 syllables in the word modestly.How to pronounce modestly:
Synonyms for modestly:
abjectly
cap in hand
deferentially
diffidently
fearfully
hat in hand
humbly
lowly
meanly
meekly
politely
quietly
reticently
self-effacingly
sheepishly
submissively
timidly
unassumingly
unobtrusively
unostentatiously
unpretentiously
Antonyms for modestly:
boastfully
corruptly
degenerately
despitefully
dishonestly
dissolutely
evilly
hatefully
immodestly
immorally
impurely
malevolently
maliciously
malignantly
meanly
nastily
sinfully
spitefully
unethically
villainously
virulently
wickedly
wrongly
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