modeste

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French - English
{a} modest

She listened to him with her eyes modestly cast down. - Elle l'écouta avec les yeux modestement baissés.

The young lady is modest like a violet. - La demoiselle est modeste comme une violette.

{a} coy
{a} meek
{a} austere
{a} lowly
{a} humble
modest, lowly; humble, demure; unassuming, self effacing, unpretentious; simple, not prideful