adverb
modestē
modestē (comparative modestius, superlative modestissimē)
Classical[mɔˈdɛs.teː]Ecclesiastical[moˈdɛs.te]
Meaning
- moderately, temperately, discreetly, modestly
mŏdestē, adv., v. modestus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
modestē adv. with sup.
modestus, with moderation, temperately, discreetly, modestly : alqd ferre, T.: rebus secundis uti, L.: parere: modestissume parendo, S.: munificus, H.
Origins
From modestus (“moderate”).