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Definition of Modestest
1. modest [adj] - See also: modest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Modestest
Literary usage of Modestest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... which probably was one of the modestest addresses which were made to him at
that time. And it cannot be denied this way the king's trouble was so great, ..."
2. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"He sold them first ; Sir, he was obliged to sell them for the delicacy of his
taste : he certainly is the modestest young fellow in the world, ..."
3. The works of Henry Fielding, ed. with a biogr. essay by L. Stephen by Henry Fielding, Leslie Stephen (1882)
"He sold them first, sir: he was obliged to sell them for the delicacy of taste :
he certainly is the modestest young fellow in the world, and has complained ..."
4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... which probably was one of the modestest addresses which were made to him at
that time. And it cannot be denied this way the king's trouble was so great, ..."
5. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"He sold them first ; Sir, he was obliged to sell them for the delicacy of his
taste : he certainly is the modestest young fellow in the world, ..."
6. The works of Henry Fielding, ed. with a biogr. essay by L. Stephen by Henry Fielding, Leslie Stephen (1882)
"He sold them first, sir: he was obliged to sell them for the delicacy of taste :
he certainly is the modestest young fellow in the world, and has complained ..."
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