5
trifling(adjective, weak, soft, reasonable, slight)
5
undemonstrative(adjective, quiet, gentle, aloof, reserved)
5
understated(adjective, simple, plain, subtle, uncomplicated)
5
unimposing(adjective, simple, honest, indifferent, humble)
5
withdrawn(adjective, quiet, gentle, cold, aloof)
4
abase
4
abstemious(reasonable, pure, restrained, chaste, self-controlled)
4
acquiescent(quiet, gentle, humble, subdued, submissive)
4
affable
4
apprehensive(adjective, quiet, simple, gentle, nervous)
4
austere(adjective, hard, simple, severe, clean)
4
balmy(adjective, reasonable, moderate, mild, agreeable)
4
base(adjective, mean, simple, lower, poor)
4
constrained(shy, meek, timid, unassuming, diffident)
4
cool(adjective, close, quiet, reasonable, moderate)
4
diminutive(adjective, small, smallness)
4
fair to middling(expression, adjective, idiom, good, reasonable)
4
faithful(pure, innocent, virtuous)
4
frigid(quiet, gentle, aloof, reserved, reticent)
4
guarded
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