Definitions for modesties

modesties mod·es·ty

Spelling: [mod-uh-stee]
IPA: /ˈmɒd ə sti/

Modesties is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 360 anagrams from letters in modesties (deeimosst).

Definitions for modesties

noun

  1. the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
  2. regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
  3. simplicity; moderation.

Origin of modesties

From the Latin word modestia, dating back to 1525-35. See modest, -y3

Examples for modesties

All shall be imputed to that modesty which has ever so much distinguished you.

She sobbed, and with a sudden feeling of modesty freed her wrists from his grasp.

Valderrama's modest career is in direct contrast to his flagrant lack of modesty.

If you will force my modesty to the confession I believe in my heart that it is a sapphire.

Mapei is soft-spoken, but that should not be mistaken for modesty.

Then again, my perception of modesty has been skewed ever since Katy Perry shot whip cream out of her bra, so who even knows.

After Bates died, his successor at the RGS reflected, “I think his modesty was carried to a fault.”

She was quite honest, and she served her father's customers with modesty.

The very limitations that we understand as modesty are erased by this process.

There was a modesty in Bowser's tone that gave me a better opinion of him.

Word Value for modesties
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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