modicum

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Nevertheless, methinks, being one of the congregation, a modicum might be left to mine own judgment in regard to the capacity of my guests.

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  1. noun A small, moderate, or token amount: "England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists” (Ian Jack).

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  • The anger is such a deep presence in this post and it becomes a cry for a modicum of fairness in life. —  Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters
  • The chances of success in the near future are such that most U.S. leaders are content to steer clear of a conflict in which meddling is much more likely to produce clear-cut failure than an outcome that can even be spun as a modicum of success. —  Antiwar.com Original
  • We're not sure how well it would work, and it's just a modicum of the regulatory reform we'd like to see, but we like it. —  Dealbreaker
  • He seems to have quit embarrassing himself on UD now that he wants to have a modicum of respect in his new gig as a graduate student. —  California Literary Review
  • Only in the evening session did West Indies manage to exert a modicum of control as Gayle resorted to employing a ring of fielders and sweepers on the boundary and instructed Brendan Nash to bowl wide of off stump. —  ECB Latest News
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  1. Middle English, from Latin, from neuter of modicus, moderate, from modus, measure; see med- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin modicum, neuter of modicus, moderate, small, literally keeping within due measure, from modus, measure: see mode.
 

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