modest

[ mod-ist ]

adjective
unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.
He was a very modest man, refusing to take any credit for the enterprise.

restrained
[ ri-streynd ]

adjective
characterized by reserve or moderation; unemotional or dispassionate.
He had restrained manners.

tame
[ teym ]

adjective
INFORMAL
(of a person) willing to cooperate.
Every businessman needs a tame lawyer at his elbow.

prominent
[ prom-uh-nuhnt ]

adjective: prominent
important; famous.
She was a prominent member of the city council.

noble
[ noh-buhl ]

adjective: noble; comparative adjective: nobler; superlative adjective: noblest

belonging to a hereditary class with high social or political status; aristocratic.

He was an upright and noble man who was always willing to help in any way he could.
chivalry
[ shiv-uhl-ree ]

noun
courteous behavior, especially that of a man toward women.
plural noun: chivalries
Their relations with women were models of chivalry and restraint.

bluntly
[ bluhnt-lee ]

adverb: bluntly
in an uncompromisingly forthright way.
A colleague bluntly told him that he had no business asking for the status report.

belch
[ belch ]

verb

emit gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth.

Pardon me for belching.

anachronistic
[ uh-nak-ruh-nis-tik ]

adjective
belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
Titus' benefits from the effective use of anachronistic elements like cars and loudspeakers.

pester
[ pes-ter ]

verb 
trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions.
She constantly pestered him with telephone calls.

pretension
[ pri-ten-shuhn ]

Noun
the use of affectation to impress; ostentatiousness.
He spoke simply, without pretension.