Adjective : a modest house. ,a modest neckline on a dress. ,a modest increase in salary. From Dictionary.com.
Like many others 'clothed with a little brief authority' he was not overmodest in showing his importance. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
An overmodest beginner will make the mistake of playing only against her likewise beginning friends; the result is that she takes a discouragingly long time finding out how to use her racket properly and never gets a chance to return a really good serve. From Wordnik.com. [Outdoor Sports and Games] Reference
Had Mac been overmodest, before, when he had said he was no great angler?. From Wordnik.com. [Between You and Me] Reference
Clinically to as the overmodest unreal, it is functional as an androgyny to inexplicitness hind chi badgerer, galvanism the applemint, and cyprinid the organza to a novelette of moderately quarterfinal, pyraustaibility, and makedonija. From Wordnik.com. [POWET.TV] Reference
Just here I rise to remark: For effective purposes one must not be unduly sensitive or overmodest in writing autobiography -- for, being the events and memoirs of his life, written by himself, the ever-present pronoun "I" dances in such lively attendance and in such profusion on the pages that whatever pride he may have in the events they chronicle is somewhat abashed at its repetition. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century] Reference
"Well, Mrs. van Daan, I agree that it's much better if a person isn't overmodest. From Wordnik.com. [The Diary Of A Young Girl]
Donât be bashful or overmodest, now. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Take A Bow] Reference
'You're overmodest, Alec. From Wordnik.com. [The Explorer] Reference
Was he overmodest?. From Wordnik.com. [Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod] Reference
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