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Belly Posted 19 years ago
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Modesty?

"As far as modesty is concerned, if you miss a step, carry a little more excess weight than you feel comfortable, there is no need to be anxious as everything is hidden beneath the water level.."

The whole article is about the benefits of swimming. I wondered what modesty is here. Does it mean" Modestly speaking"? Is it equal to "regarding modesty"?
  

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Do you have a link? More context would help. -------- modesty c : freedom from coarseness, indelicacy, or indecency : a regard for propriety in dress, speech, or conduct <while retaining all her modesty , had lost all her shyness -- Arnold Bennett> <that affectation of extreme shyness, silence, and reserve, which misses in their teens are apt to take for an amiable modesty -- Sir Walter Scott> -------------

— Marius Hancu

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  • More context would help.
  • -------- modesty c : freedom from coarseness, indelicacy, or indecency : a regard for propriety in dress, speech, or conduct <while retaining all her modesty , had lost all her shyness -- Arnold Bennett> <that affectation of extreme shyness, silence, and reserve, which misses in their teens are apt to take for an amiable modesty -- Sir Walter Scott> -------------
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Do you have a link? More context would help.

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modesty

c : freedom from coarseness, indelicacy, or indecency : a regard for propriety in dress, speech, or conduct <while retaining all her modesty, had lost all her shyness -- Arnold Bennett> <that affectation of extreme shyness, silence, and rese
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No, I don't, sir.The paragraph was headed "Don't worry about what you look like". But believe me, they don't mean anything about *** or what have you
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Well, modesty means also shyness about the aspect of one's body, which is in line with the definition I've posted.
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