overmodest

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overmodest - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Overmodest \O"ver*mod"est\, a.
     Modest to excess; bashful. -- O"ver*mod"est*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

overmodest - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  overmodest
      adj 1: affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or
             provocative way [syn: coy, demure, overmodest]