"climbed modestly" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone or something that has moved or progressed in a slow, measured manner. Example: The hiker climbed modestly up the rocky mountainside.
The Indian rupee climbed modestly against the dollar.
The stock market climbed modestly after the Fed's announcement.
Business investment climbed modestly, and manufacturing activity is picking up as well.
Crude oil prices rose nearly 1 percent to $79.78 a barrel, and gold climbed modestly to $1,121 an ounce.
Although the number of school-leavers has climbed modestly in recent years, the number going to university has fallen.In an attempt to reverse this trend, Leighton Andrews, the Welsh education minister, has settled upon a new form of accountability, published last month.
One sign that the mortgage market remains unsettled is that the national average for a 30-year fixed mortgage has climbed modestly, to 6.06percentt on Thursday, up from 5.85percentt at the end of March, according to Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage lender.
Mr. Schacht said Lucent's sales might climb modestly from the most recent quarter, when it had revenue of $5.92 billion.
Applications are climbing modestly after a big downturn in the mid-1990's, but they remain below the level of a decade ago.
The number of people who stayed overnight in park lodging -- cabins and hotels, for example -- has been climbing modestly since 1997, and reached 3.7 million last year.
Property taxes grew two to three times faster than personal income from 2000 to 2004 in the suburbs surrounding New York City, a sharp reversal from the 1990's, when incomes soared and property taxes climbed more modestly, a review of statistics by The New York Times has shown.
The aluminium market will shift from surplus to deficit, although prices will climb only modestly, by 1%.Steel prices will fall by 17% following a steep increase the previous year.
