Crossword-Solution: MODICUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Modicum | n. | A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. |
We have 23 clues for the answer “MODICUM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| token amount | 2 answers |
| Slight bit | 4 answers |
| A SMALL OR MODERATE OR TOKEN AMOUNT | 11 answers |
| Small portion | 17 answers |
| Scintilla | 20 answers |
| Tad | 24 answers |
| Whit | 25 answers |
| Mite | 30 answers |
| Jot | 31 answers |
| Small quantity | 32 answers |
| Morsel | 32 answers |
| Tiny bit | 34 answers |
| Iota | 35 answers |
| tincture | 38 answers |
| HOOT | 40 answers |
| Atom ___ | 53 answers |
| Speck | 53 answers |
| Minute particle | 54 answers |
| Portion | 58 answers |
| Small amount | 63 answers |
| Mouthful | 65 answers |
| BIT ___ | 94 answers |
| Dash. | 103 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETERA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MODICUM (5)
Hunger was pushed out of the tall houses, in the wretched clothing that hung upon poles and lines; Hunger was patched into them with straw and rag and wood and paper; Hunger was repeated in every fragment of the small modicum of firewood that the man sawed off; Hunger stared down from the smokeless chimneys, and started up from the filthy street that had no offal, among its refuse, of anything to eat.
The moral rightness of this man’s life was worthy of all praise; but in spite of some intellectual acumen, Knight had in him a modicum of that wrongheadedness which is mostly found in scrupulously honest people.
What good of giving knowledge if, because {520} O’ the manner of the gift, its profit fail? And why refuse what modicum of help Had stopped the after-doubt, impossible I’ the face of truth--truth absolute, uniform? Why must I hit of this and miss of that, {525} Distinguish just as I be weak or strong, And not ask of thee and have answer prompt, Was this once, was it not once?--then and now And evermore, plain truth from man to man.
They wait here quietly for us to come And find them out, and know them for our friends; These men who toiled and wrote only for this, To leave behind such modicum of truth As each perceived and each alone could tell.
From long experience the lady was a reader of character--of hobo character at least--and she saw nothing in the appearance of either of these two that inspired even a modicum of confidence.
Quotes with MODICUM (3)
I took a break, stretched, tried again, failed, kicked over the music stand (I am not proud of that), and wonder whether I had reached the limits of my musical ability. Maybe I'd never had any. Surely someone with a modicum of talent wouldn't have to work this hard.
Passion and drive are not the same at all. Passion pulls you toward something you cannot resist. Drive pushes you toward something you feel compelled or obligated to do. If you know nothing about yourself, you can't tell the difference. Once you gain a modicum of self-knowledge, you can express your passion..... It's not about jumping through someone else's hoops. That's drive.
I want you to know that life will try to crack you like an egg and your silence will eventually break. Someday you will spill some of those painful secrets and taste a modicum of much-needed freedom. You will lose a great deal as a result but the gains will outweigh every loss. You will love and be loved by a beautiful man in a place where your mutual passion won’t be a marker of shame but pride. You will be awkward and alone and alien for a long time but you will transform t…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1977–2025).