Modest and Short

Modest

Modest adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

Short and modest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Modest".

Short

Short adjective - Having relatively little height.

Modest and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Modest" instead an adjective "Short".

Both words in one sentence

  • Who Wears Short Shorts? In Katawa Shoujo, Lilly's pyjamas involve a relatively modest top and a pair of very short shorts.
  • Depending on the Artist In the Holliday Girls' brief return in the '60s, her weight was somewhat reduced and her uniform was changed to have a modest skirt instead of short shorts.
  • Literature / Nightside In the short story "Razor Eddie's Big Night Out", it's not revealed until the end that the narrator, the modest last follower of the original (non-Lovecraftian) god Dagon, is Dagon himself.
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