1 : (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"
2 : not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
3 : of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; "a minor, insignificant bureaucrat"; "peanut politicians"
4 : low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
5 : relatively moderate, limited, or small; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
6 : very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
adjectif
1 : limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
