ləʊ loʊ ˈləʊli ˈloʊli

miːk mik ˈmaɪld ˈmaɪ.nə(ɹ) ˈmɑdəst smɔːl smɔl smɑl smoːl relatively moderate, limited, or small a small business a newspaper with a modest circulation small-scale plans a pocket-size country not large but sufficient in size or amount a modest salary modest inflation helped in my own small way not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance a modest neckline in her dress covered her up to her collarbone marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself a modest apartment too modest to wear his medals free from pomp or affectation comfortable but modest cottages a simple rectangular brick building a simple man with simple tastes humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness meek and self-effacing low or inferior in station or quality a humble cottage a lowly parish priest a modest man of the people small beginnings