siveä — meaning in English

English meaning

• chaste adj Not engaging in sexual activity, especially outside marriage or before it.
• modest adj Not boastful about one's achievements or abilities.

Senses

siveä is used for these senses in English:

• chaste Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
• modest (especially of behavior or clothing) Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.

chaste — full definition

1. adj Not engaging in sexual activity, especially outside marriage or before it.
2. adj Plain and restrained in style, without excess or ornamentation.

modest — full definition

1. adj Not boastful about one's achievements or abilities.
2. adj Fairly small or moderate in size or amount.
3. adj Not showing or revealing much of the body; avoiding sexual attention.

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