Modest and Provocative

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Modest adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Provocative is an antonym for modest.

Provocative adjective - Serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction.

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Modest is an antonym for provocative.

Her figure, beauty, dress, and manners are modest and chaste rather than provocative or sexy.

Source: English Rose

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