- Overmodest
- Overmodest O"ver*mod"est, a. Modest to excess; bashful. -- {O"ver*mod"est*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
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Overmodest
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overmodest — adj.; overmodestly, adv. * * * … Universalium
overmodest — adjective Excessively modest … Wiktionary
overmodest — adj. excessively modest; overly humble; prudish in thought or dress … English contemporary dictionary
overmodest — o′ver•mod′est adj. ly, adv … From formal English to slang
overmodest — /oʊvəˈmɒdəst/ (say ohvuh moduhst) adjective modest to an excessive degree …
overmodest — adjective affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way • Syn: ↑coy, ↑demure • Similar to: ↑modest • Derivationally related forms: ↑demureness (for: ↑demure … Useful english dictionary
Overmodestly — Overmodest O ver*mod est, a. Modest to excess; bashful. {O ver*mod est*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
biography — /buy og reuh fee, bee /, n., pl. biographies. 1. a written account of another person s life: the biography of Byron by Marchand. 2. an account in biographical form of an organization, society, theater, animal, etc. 3. such writings collectively.… … Universalium
Victorian — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, Quakerish, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bluenose, censorious, classical, demure, fossil, fossilized, genteel, goody goody, grown old, hidebound, medieval, mid Victorian, narrow, of other times,… … Moby Thesaurus
censorious — Synonyms and related words: Quakerish, Victorian, abusive, accusatory, back biting, belittling, bitchy, blackening, blameful, calumniatory, calumnious, captious, carping, catty, caviling, chiding, choicy, choosy, condemnatory, conscientious,… … Moby Thesaurus
