The Clue
Swift's "A ___ Proposal . . . " (6 letter answer)
The Answer
MODEST
Tags
Notes
The answer MODEST is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 700 puzzles.
Related Clues
Demure
Humble
Retiring
Unassuming
Unpretentious
Fair to middling
Far from forward
Far from glitzy
Hardly grand
Limited in amount
Not boastful
Not extreme
Not overdone
Reserved; retiring
Unlike a showboat
Hardly given to exhibitionism
Not given to bravado
Not given to self-promotion
Definition
MODEST as an adjective:
1. marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; "a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"
2. (modest, small) = not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
3. free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"
4. not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
5. (humble, low, lowly, modest, small) = low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
6. (meek, mild, modest) = humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"
7. (minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized) = limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
8. (modest, restrained, unostentatious) = free from ostentation or pretension; "the restrained elegance of the room"