modest

• So that some who go by looks call the modest little meadow flower, "Blue-curls in the Grass," but the old herb-men who know her goodness call her "All-heal" or "Self-heal TALE 27 The Four Butterflies You See Every Summer Illustration: Summer Butterflies (a little over life size There are four Butterflies that you are sure to see every summer, on our fields; and remember that each of them goes through the same changes. —  Woodland Tales
• "If you saw her perhaps you would agree with me that she is the essence of all that is pure and modest, and I could not approach her with any other thought in my mind For that very reason, Harry, I would advise you simply to pay your cousins the visit you propose, and then keep away from Downside till you are about to join another ship At all events I will go there to-morrow," said Harry. —  Won from the Waves
• But she was very modest, and not at all conceited, so that she was not only admired but also loved; which, as you will agree, is far better She took life very easily and happily, till it happened one day that she saw the Bicycle-man, and unfortunately fell in love with him as he went by. —  Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly
• There also came forth from the interior of the coach a large, red-faced angry woman, who dragged after her a little girl of about eight, who might be described as a modest sunbeam, and a little boy of about five, who resembled nothing short of an imp incarnate. —  Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication
• Her husband's wages are modest, their dwelling is cramped, the children are many, the father is often harsh. —  The Simple Life

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