It could, for instance, describe a London couple who both earn a fairly modest £25,000 a year.

A lot of people answer this question, so I am told, in fairly modest terms.

As legislative pork goes, $890 million spread out over five years is fairly modest.

And that's only a fairly modest sample of his work.

The final cost of "September" was just over $10 million; a fairly modest price by today's standards.

The resolution from the city's point of view is fairly modest.

Full access to all its facilities is by a fairly modest subscription.

"For someone at low risk, the change in life expectancy looks fairly modest."

Perhaps at the end of the project he had actually sent in no more than ten thousand slips, which sounds a fairly modest number.

The limit on personal contributions is still $1,000 an election - a fairly modest amount.