modest means
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmodestandmean
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modest
adjective
uk/ˈmɒd.ɪst/us/ˈmɑː.dɪst/
not large in size or amount, or ...
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mean
noun[S]
uk/miːn/us/miːn/
mathematicsspecialized
the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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(Definition ofmodestandmeanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Many men of comparatively modest means appear, at least occasionally, as jurors.
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Even ejidatarios of modest means contracted mariachi groups that played all night long for them, whilst drinking beer until they fell asleep at their table.
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Its author was, at the same time, a common man of modest means and a brilliant scholar.
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The wealth of the regidores also re-ected these changes; apart from a handful of opulent aristocrats, the majority possessed more modest means than their ancestors.
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Since the journal's subscription fee was very low, even women of modest means were able to participate.
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Prudence and self-restraint were projected as moral qualities for the general public, as suggested by the frequent statements regarding the consequences of "reckless consumption" among those of more modest means.
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Notarial records also reveal that the practice of purchasing replacements even extended to individuals with relatively modest means, who insured themselves or their sons by pooling their resources.
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Moreover, because they were so inexpensive, families of modest means could enjoy the ' ' beauty and pleasure ' ' of chromolithography, selecting their favorite images from among the many affordable, ' ' tasteful ' ' prints.
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The city council was then + and would remain until the mid-eighteenth century + in the hands of the descendants of the bourgeois newcomers, together with hidalgos of modest means.
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He was born to a family of modest means, and gravitated towards literature during his studies.
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In fact, upon his death many years later, it was shown he had earned very modest means.
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Students and other individuals of modest means had to rely on editions which were affordable but also filled with errors.
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He had many siblings, and the family was of modest means.
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His father was a self-employed tailor of modest means.
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He learns that she had married an acquaintance from his school years, who became a local politician of modest means.
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Status symbols are also used by persons of much more modest means.
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He came from a rural family of modest means, but had ambitions to further himself.
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He was born to a family of modest means, his father was a tailor.
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His family were textile workers of modest means.
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