Definition of "unboastful" [unboastful]

• Not boasting; unassuming; modest.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Content and innocence reside beneath your humble roof and charity unboastful of the good it renders ...."
• "The inevitable tragedy of Stevenson's fate, the unescapable assurance that he would not live to do all which such a spirit in a sounder frame would have done for an art he loved so fondly, the magnetism of his friendship, his downright incapacity for envy, his genuine humility with regard to his own work and reputation, his unboastful and untiring courage, made a profound impression upon many of his contemporaries."
• "Hitching his chair an inch nearer to her at each sentence, looking straight into her eyes, in a manner as unboastful as though he were giving the market price of eggs, he would tell her how J. Pierpont"