Definition of "modestest" [modestest]

• Superlative form of modest: most modest. (adjective)

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• "You know, Mr. Hickman, that ladies are very shy of trusting themselves with the modestest of our sex, when they are disposed to sleep; and why so, if they did not expect that advantages would be taken of them at such times?"
• "The modestest women, Jack, must think, and think deeply sometimes."
• "An air, a tone of voice, a composure of countenance to mildness and softness, which are all easily acquired, do the business: and without further examination, and possibly with the contrary qualities, that man is reckoned the gentlest, the modestest, and the best-natured man alive."