It's still not modest. There's no way in which a $6 million dollar house is "modest".
Don't try to launder it through lying with percentages. It's not modest.
Don't try to launder it through lying with percentages. It's not modest.
Modest was qualified. The statement is accurate. Your objection doesn’t make sense.
> Modest describes someone who is unassuming about their abilities, or something that is limited in size, amount, or reach
Buying a 6 million dollar house is not unassuming.
It’s all relative.
> There's no way in which a $6 million dollar house is "modest".
Relative to his wealth bracket he is being modest but not cheap.
That's moving the goalposts. No one said anything about "relative to his wealth bracket".
And I don't think I have ever heard anyone using a term like "modest house" in proportion to someone's wealth. House-modesty is something people generally use to mean "when compared with other houses in the region".
Original post was "modest for a guy like that"
But at least that's within the realm of "modesty". At least there's at least one element of modesty to it. It's not a multi story 6 million dollar home with a floor to ceiling double floor library.