Both Uses of
immodest
in
Main Street
- When Dr. Westlake whispered to her, "Yes, Lym is a very well-informed man, but he's modest about it," she felt uninformed and immodest, and scolded at herself that she had missed the human potentialities in this vast Gopher Prairie.†
Chpt 19
- They objected to the food, to Oscarina's lack of friendliness, to the wind, the rain, and the immodesty of Carol's maternity gowns.†
Chpt 20 *
Definition:
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(immodest as in: immodest as it sounds) vain or conceited (an exaggerated opinion of self-confidence or importance)