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Meanings of overmodest in английском

Affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way.

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        Like many others 'clothed with a little brief authority' he was not overmodest in showing his importance.
        The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
        Overmodest through the time