Both Uses of
immodest
in
Arrowsmith
- In summer Leora and he drove to the Pony River for picnic suppers and a swim, very noisy, splashing, and immodest; through autumn he went duck-hunting with Bert Tozer, who became nearly tolerable when he stood at sunset on a pass between two slews; and with winter isolating the village in a sun-blank desert of snow, they had sleigh-rides, card-parties, "sociables" at the churches.†
Chpt 16
- Maybe it's kind of immodest in me to show that around.†
Chpt 19 *
Definition:
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(immodest as in: immodest as it sounds) vain or conceited (an exaggerated opinion of self-confidence or importance)