Synonyms for modestly
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1. modestlyadverb

   with modesty; in a modest manner

   "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'"

   Antonyms:
   immodestly

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1. List of paraphrases for "modestly":

   moderately, slightly, humbly, marginally

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1. Gus Faucher:

   The outlook for manufacturing is modestly positive. Demand from consumers and businesses is growing slowly. Households are gradually boosting their spending on manufactured goods.

2. Millan Mulraine:

   The underlying message appears to be that pipeline inflationary pressures remain quite weak, even as energy prices have stabilized and gasoline prices have drifted modestly higher.

3. David Cannington:

   So while the Fed's decision is shaping as somewhat of a done deal, how the market reacts to a Fed hike still contains an element of uncertainty, the logical reaction - a stronger U.S. dollar and modestly higher U.S. interest rates - may not be what transpires, at least not initially.

4. Plato:

   Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.

5. Sam Khater:

   The market continues to absorb the cumulative impact of the large price and rate increases that led to a plunge in affordability, as a result, over the rest of the year purchase demand likely will continue to drag, supply will modestly increase, and home price growth will decelerate.