How to pronounce modestly
Listen to modestly in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“modestly” in real sentences
357 clips in the index · 239 American · 35 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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policy is modestly restrictive.
Federal Reserve · hear it here
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to dress modestly of modest
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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Modestly, you have forgotten your privileges.
The School of Life · hear it here
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My wonderfully decent parents always lived modestly.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of modestly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.