modesto
modest ; self-effacing ; unpretentious ; unassuming ; self-deprecating ; demure ; understated.
No attempt is made to provide any detailed familiarity with the entire range of operators; that would be too ambitious an aim for this modest account.
Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
There is a need for unpretentious, informative manuals which help readers to play bowls, arrange flowers, decorate the house, and the like.
The term 'librarian' may confer the impression of being a quiet, respectable and unassuming person and consequently be useful on insurance forms, passports and rental agreements.
He reinforces the self-deprecating and cliched concept that in order to be a writer, 'one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work'.
I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
Whatever its look is, understated or overboard, a crystal chandelier doesn't blend in with all kinds of rooms.
en + Posesivo + modesta opinión
in + Posesivo + humble opinion
We were 'in his humble opinion' improperly attired to dine in such an illustrious establishment.
IMHO (In Mi Humilde/Modesta/Honesta Opinión) [En Internet, siglas que se utilizan en los mensajes electrónicos para indicar que el escritor sólo expresa su opinión y que puede haber quien no opine lo mismo]
IMHO (In My Humble/Honest Opinion)
IMHO (In My Humble Opinion) is a shorthand appended to a comment written in an online forum to indicate that the writer is aware that they are expressing a debatable view.
ser modesto
hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel
Throughout his career, as indeed his life, he has shunned the public eye and as Phillip Adams said 'he has been inclined to hide his light under a bushel'.
