modest
adjective
having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
overmodest
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a word derived from
modest.
Example Sentences
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Dr. Redlich was being overmodest; the appointment was as much a tribute to his personal qualities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Had Mac been overmodest, before, when he had said he was no great angler?
From Between You and Me by Sir Harry Lauder
You're not overmodest, Ormesby, considering that you are one of them.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss
Like many others 'clothed with a little brief authority' he was not overmodest in showing his importance.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
