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Overmodest Crossword Clue

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adjective satellite

• affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

• showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement

• modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures

96%8Exact Match!
adjective satellite

• exaggeratedly proper

90%6 Modest and unassuming
adjective

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

adjective satellite

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

verb

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

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New York Times13 Jul 2005 Across 60
New York Times04 Aug 2002 Across 79
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