unboastfuladj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective]
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1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 83 Oft in humble Station dwells Unboastful Worth, above fastidious Pomp.
1747 W. Collins Odes 10 O chaste unboastful Nymph, to Thee I call!
1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral xix. 494 Unlike most great men, the more he is revealed to posterity, [Wellington] shows more substantial, unboastful, unquestionable greatness.
1890 Ld. Coleridge in J. E. Butler Recoll. G. Butler (1893) 483 An athlete quite unboastful, a sportsman silent about his exploits.
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