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Immodest
Immodest Im*mod"est, a. [F. immodeste, L. immodestus immoderate; pref. im- not + modestus modest. See Modest.] 1. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate. 2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc. Immodest deeds you hinder to be wrought, But we proscribe the least immodest thought. --Dryden. Syn: Indecorous; indelicate; shameless; shameful; impudent; indecent; impure; unchaste; lewd; obscene.
Immodestly
Immodestly Im*mod"est*ly, adv. In an immodest manner.
Immodesty
Immodesty Im*mod"es*ty, n. [L. immodestia: cf. F. immodestie.] Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency. ``A piece of immodesty.' --Pope.
Modestly
Modestly Mod"est*ly, adv. In a modest manner.
Overmodest
Overmodest O"ver*mod"est, a. Modest to excess; bashful. -- O"ver*mod"est*ly, adv.
Overmodestly
Overmodest O"ver*mod"est, a. Modest to excess; bashful. -- O"ver*mod"est*ly, adv.

Meaning of modest from wikipedia

- Look up modest in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Modest may refer to: A number of saints, see under Saint Modest (disambiguation) Michael Modest (born...
- A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick...
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- Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Модест Петрович Мусоргский, tr. Modest Petrovich Musorgsky, IPA: [mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj] ; 21 March [O...
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- Modest (Moisei Isaacovich) Altschuler (February 15, 1873 – September 12, 1963) was a cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer. He was born in Mogilev...
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- Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Моде́ст Ильи́ч Чайко́вский; 13 May [O.S. 1 May] 1850–15 January [O.S. 2 January] 1916) was a Russian dramatist, opera...