in all modesty
in all modesty prepositional phrase: prepended to praise of oneself or one's own doings, as a form of modesty.
Prepositional phrase
- Prepended to praise of oneself or one's own doings, as a form of modesty.
- But at any rate, and on the principle that of two hypotheses, each in itself adequate, we should choose the simpler, I suggest in all modesty that we shall do better with our own than with Coleridge's, which has the further disadvantage of being scarcely amenable to positive evidence.1916, Arthur Quiller-Couch, On the Art of Writing, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 78
- It seems to me, in all modesty, that you are well paired.1934, Isak Dinesen, Seven Gothic Tales, page 134
Examples of in all modesty in a sentence
- I think I may say, in all modesty, that I have done a rare thing.1990, Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game, page 20:
- I speak in all modesty as I say this, but I discovered at that moment that I have a fierce will to live.2000, Yann Martel, Life of Pi, page 197:
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Questions about in all modesty
- What does in all modesty mean?
- In all modesty means prepended to praise of oneself or one's own doings, as a form of modesty.
- How do you use in all modesty in a sentence?
- I think I may say, in all modesty, that I have done a rare thing.
- What part of speech is in all modesty?
- In all modesty is a prepositional phrase.
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