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93 entries under modest topic. ×
| prissy(proper, decent, refined, particular) | |
| prudish(correct, proper, refined, particular) | |
| pure(adjective, good, right, appropriate, honest) | |
| puritanical(correct, decent, moral, particular) | |
| reverential(adjective, quiet, humble, meek) | |
| standard(adjective, good, right, appropriate, honest) | |
| straight(good, correct, honest, particular) | |
| strait-laced(correct, decent, moral, particular) | |
| unpretentious(quiet, open, natural, meek) | |
| upright(adjective, good, correct, appropriate, honest) | |
| virtuous(good, appropriate, honest, moral) | |
| apprehensive(quiet, meek, unassuming, retiring) | |
| backward(quiet, meek, unassuming, retiring) | |
| bashful(quiet, meek, unassuming, retiring) | |
| blushing(quiet, meek, unassuming, retiring) | |
| by the book(expression, decent, moral, prim) | |
| by the numbers(expression, idiom, correct, stiff) | |
| content(quiet, meek, unassuming, retiring) | |
| diffident(quiet, meek, unassuming, retiring) | |
| docile(quiet, kind, gentle, meek) |
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