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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