Modest: adj. (word from the Latin modicus).
The adjective "modest" qualifies something that is inconsiderable, speaking of a sum of money (weak, mediocre, minimal, modest, small).
Low salary (low, meager).
For the modest sum of ten euros.
Quote from the French poet and writer Alfred de Musset (1810-1857): “His family only gave him a modest pension”.
Adverb: moderately
Opposites of modest: considerable, important....
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