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Definition of Modester
1. modest [adj] - See also: modest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Modester
Literary usage of Modester
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"... who was made an instrument of their laughter himself: 7 " Because laughter
and merriment was to season their labours and modester life. ..."
2. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"... still modester architecture would satisfy the law, and so we concluded to
build a "brush" house. We devoted the next day to this work, ..."
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