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bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, demure, diffident, discreet, lowly, meek, nice, proper, reserved, resigned, reticent, retiring, seemly, self-conscious, self-effacing, sheepish, silent, temperate, timid, unassertive, unassured, unboastful, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious, withdrawing

adjective as in limited, ordinary

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average, cheap, discreet, dry, economical, fair, inelaborate, middling, natural, plain, unadorned, unaffected, unembellished, unembroidered, unexceptional, unexcessive, unextravagant, unextreme, unobtrusive, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious, unradical, unstudied

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The animated film received mostly positive reviews when it came out and was a modest box office success, grossing $267 million worldwide.

Even a modest shift among white Christian voters would have denied Trump the Republican nomination and the presidency.

This, combined with modest business investment spending, serves as the foundation for a favorable earnings environment, Haworth said.

But these fleeting moments of weakness underscore the character’s fragility, just as Glenn Close’s modest singing ability served her devastating portrayal of Norma Desmond in the 1994 Broadway premiere.

They paid him a modest upfront amount, leaving him unable to cash in on the whopping £650m it is estimated to have made the platform.