modest vs paltry

modest

adj
  • Small, moderate in size. 

  • Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. 

  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble. 

  • Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. 

paltry

adj
  • Of little monetary worth. 

  • Trashy, trivial, of little value. 

  • Despicable; contemptibly unimportant. 

How often have the words modest and paltry occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )