modest

Adjective

• limited in size or scope
  • a small business
    
  • a newspaper with a modest circulation
    
  • small-scale plans
    
  • a pocket-size country
    

• 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
    

• not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

• free from pomp or affectation
  • comfortable but modest cottages
    
  • a simple rectangular brick building
    
  • a simple man with simple tastes
    

• not large but sufficient in size or amount
  • a modest salary
    
  • modest inflation
    
  • helped in my own small way
    

• marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  • a modest apartment
    
  • too modest to wear his medals
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  minor , small , small-scale , pocket-size , pocket-sized , meek , mild , humble , low , lowly