immodest
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Immodest as his words may sound, Shoriki is right.
From Time Magazine Archive
Life seems an easy thing to him that lives Wanton and shameless as a crow, A fault-finder, who through this life doth go Immodest, insolent, and full of sins.
From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Woodward, Frank Lee
I must repeat the lines: "Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of modesty is want of sense."
From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth
"Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense."
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
Immodest, im-mod′est, adj. wanting restraint: impudent: forward: wanting shame or delicacy.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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