humble
/ˈhʌmbəl/ adjective B2- Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. · He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.
- Having a low position or a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
Comparative humbler · Superlative humblest
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“May it please your Majesty,” said Two, in a very humble tone, going down on one knee as he spoke, “we were trying—”
"Have seen this humble home again.
“Is Bagheera,” said the Black Panther, and his jaws shut with a snap, for he did not believe in being humble.
In describing to her all the grandeur of Lady Catherine and her mansion, with occasional digressions in praise of his own humble abode, and the improvements it was receiving, he was happily employed until the gentlemen joined them; and he found in Mrs.
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