modestamente

adv.

modestly, comelily, meekly, maidenly, honestly.

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modestamente

► adverbio

1 modestly

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ADV

1) (=humildemente) modestly

-no estoy de acuerdo -dijo modestamente — "I don't agree," he said modestly

yo creo, modestamente, que están equivocados — in my humble opinion, they are wrong

contribuyeron modestamente a la causa — they contributed to the cause in a modest way

2) (=sin lujo) modestly

modestamente vestido — modestly dressed

vivía modestamente — he lived modestly

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= modestly.

Ex. Senior SLIS staff were seen to be relatively content with their present levels of funding which has been modestly increased in recent years = El personal de dirección de las EUBYD parecía estar relativamente contento con sus niveles actuales de financiación que se han incrementado moderadamente en los últimos años.

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= modestly.

Ex: Senior SLIS staff were seen to be relatively content with their present levels of funding which has been modestly increased in recent years = El personal de dirección de las EUBYD parecía estar relativamente contento con sus niveles actuales de financiación que se han incrementado moderadamente en los últimos años.

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modestamente

adverb

1 (con sencillez) ‹vivir/vestir› simply, modestly

una vivienda modestamente: amueblada a simply furnished home

2 (sin jactancia) modestly, humbly

en lo que modestamente podamos contribuir/servir to which we may make a modest contribution/in which we may humbly serve

modestamente ofreció su experiencia she modestly offered her experience

confesó modestamente no recordarlo he humbly admitted not remembering it

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modestamente adverbio modestly: modestamente, creo que mi discurso fue mejor que el suyo, in all modesty, I think my speech was better than his
'modestamente' also found in these entries:
English:
modestly
- unassumingly

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modestamente adv

modestly