over-modestlyadv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈmɒdᵻstli/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈmɑdəs(t)li/

Forms: see over- prefix and modestly adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, modestly adv.

Etymology: < over- prefix + modestly adv. Compare later over-modest adj.

In an overmodest manner; with excessive modesty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb] > too

over-modestlya1586

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. 301 His brothers smiled, as though he had ouer-modestly spoken farre vnderneath the pitch of his power.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. v. §4. 659 Doubtfull how to order the matter, in such wise as they might neither too rudely..nor yet ouer-modestly..forbeare the occasion of making themselues great.

1850 Water-cure Lib. 102 It was said by some.., not over-modestly, ‘that Mrs. Webster must be some strong Irish or Scotch woman whom Dr. Shew had go to show off with’.

1938 Amer. Hist. Rev. 43 250 He once wrote, overmodestly, that he had been obliged to spread himself out thin by giving his attention now to this historical matter and now to that.

1990 People (Nexis) Fall 43 A pejorative [sc. ‘thick as a plank’] that Diana overmodestly applies to herself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	over-modestly
释义	over-modestlyadv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈmɒdᵻstli/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmɑdəs(t)li/ Forms: see over- prefix and modestly adv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, modestly adv. Etymology: < over- prefix + modestly adv. Compare later over-modest adj. In an overmodest manner; with excessive modesty. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb] > too over-modestlya1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. 301 His brothers smiled, as though he had ouer-modestly spoken farre vnderneath the pitch of his power. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. v. §4. 659 Doubtfull how to order the matter, in such wise as they might neither too rudely..nor yet ouer-modestly..forbeare the occasion of making themselues great. 1850 Water-cure Lib. 102 It was said by some.., not over-modestly, ‘that Mrs. Webster must be some strong Irish or Scotch woman whom Dr. Shew had go to show off with’. 1938 Amer. Hist. Rev. 43 250 He once wrote, overmodestly, that he had been obliged to spread himself out thin by giving his attention now to this historical matter and now to that. 1990 People (Nexis) Fall 43 A pejorative [sc. ‘thick as a plank’] that Diana overmodestly applies to herself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1586
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