It was unnecessary, gratuitous, provocative, ostentatious, unmaidenly, immodest-and yet-both her duty and her desire.
"Peccavi"
E. W. Hornung
No lady who understands the fine-art of dress would ever have her gown cut too low: it is ugly, besides being immodest.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
Take off that immodest, outrageous dress, and put on your own decent one.
"The Heather-Moon"
C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson