Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man.
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"Modest" Quotes from Famous Books — The God of Love • Justin Huntly McCarthy — Hand-Loom Weaving - A Manual for School and Home • Mattie Phipps Todd — The Pacha of Many Tales • Captain Frederick Marryat — World's War Events, Volume III • Various — The House - An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice • Eugene Field |
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