“immodestly”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

immodestly

释义

immodestly, adv.|ɪˈmɒdɪstlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly².]
In an immodest manner.
1. With excessive self-assertion; arrogantly.
1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio Apol. A iij, To surmise that I have spoken of them, either with passion or immodestlie.1617Moryson Itin. ii. 123, I will not speake injuriously of your deserts, nor immodestly of mine owne.1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 138 Himself not immodestly claimed the civic wreath for having saved the lives of fellow-citizens.
2. Improperly, indelicately, indecently.
1576J. Woolton Chr. Manual L iij b (T.), He would have us live soberly;—not wantonly, not immodestly, not incontinently.1590Spenser F.Q. ii. xii. 16 Throwing forth lewd wordes immodestly.a1638Mede Diatr. 259 (T.) These Corinthian women..discovered their faces immodestly in the congregation.1881M. E. Braddon Asph. I. 217 She wears..her petticoats immodestly scanty.

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