Synonyms for immodestly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : ih-mod-ist

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɒd ɪst

Définition of immodestly

Origin : 1560s, "arrogant, impudent, pretentious," from Latin immodestus "unrestrained, excessive," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + modestus (see modest). Meaning "indecent" is from 1580s. Related: immodestly.

As in shamelessly : adv brazenly

Example sentences :

Immodest, however, is the night-watchman; immodestly he carrieth his horn.
Extract from : « Thus Spake Zarathustra » by Friedrich Nietzsche

One favorable would be puny, futile, immodestly patronizing.
Extract from : « The Boss of Little Arcady » by Harry Leon Wilson

You who were present saw how impudently she made eyes at all the young and how immodestly she flaunted her charms.
Extract from : « The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura » by Lucius Apuleius

It could not be the practice of European women to bare themselves so immodestly before men.
Extract from : « The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne » by William J. Locke

These wretched people are immodestly clothed, and they perform immodest or very tough dances.
Extract from : « What eight million women want » by Rheta Childe Dorr

We should say it is immodestly painted; the picture and not the subject, obtrudes.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 » by Various

There are some shapely limbs generously and immodestly shown in connection with this invitation.
Extract from : « Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations » by William Howe

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