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modest Englisch:

1. modesty modesty


His modesty is worth respecting.
I expected greater modesty from you.
It's important for children to learn modesty. People don't always want to hear how clever you are!
His modesty prevented him from making his feelings known to her.
She assumes an air of modesty.
For, as blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
With a high, closed collar, figure-hugging cut, and large slits at either side of a straight skirt, the qipao is unique in its ability to communicate both modesty and sensuousness.