St. Louis de Montfort: The Hail Mary should be said with modesty?

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“The Hail Mary well said - that is, with attention, devotion, and modesty - is, according to the saints, the enemy of the devil which puts him to flight” - St. Louis de Montfort

Okay I know what it means when the Holy Rosary should be said with attention and with devotion. But I don’t know what St. Louis means when he said the Rosary should be said with “modesty”. What could St. Louis be referring to in this case?
 
When I ran the word “modesty” through thesaurus.com these are words that came up for synonyms.

decency
humility
propriety
purity
reticence
simplicity
virtue
bashfulness
celibacy
chastity
constraint
coyness
delicacy
demureness
diffidence
discreetness
humbleness
inhibition
innocence
meekness
prudery
quietness
reserve
self-effacement
timidity
unobtrusiveness
unpretentiousness
lack of pretension
 
I think it simply means that it should be rightly ordered… More simply pointed towards its proper end - Jesus.
 
From Google:

*Modesty.
  1. the quality or state of being unassuming in the estimation of one’s abilities.
    synonyms: self-effacement, humility, lack of vanity, lack of pretension, unpretentiousness…*
In other words, we should address Mary with childlike simplicity, humility, love and confidence. Again, that’s just my take on what St. Louis de Montfort was saying.
 
littlestsouls2 said:
From Google:

*Modesty.
  1. the quality or state of being unassuming in the estimation of one’s abilities.
    synonyms: self-effacement, humility, lack of vanity, lack of pretension, unpretentiousness…*
In other words, we should address Mary with childlike simplicity, humility, love and confidence. Again, that’s just my take on what St. Louis de Montfort was saying.
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Thanks!
 
Or to put it another way - when in a group setting (a parish rosary, for example) not shouting it out and dominating others, but saying it in the same style and speed as the majority.

I’m sure we’ve all come across people who put their own emphasis on a word that others don’t, or go too quickly/too slowly. (I’m not talking about people with hearing loss etc.)
 
Pythagoras said:
“The Hail Mary well said - that is, with attention, devotion, and modesty - is, according to the saints, the enemy of the devil which puts him to flight” - St. Louis de Montfort

Okay I know what it means when the Holy Rosary should be said with attention and with devotion. But I don’t know what St. Louis means when he said the Rosary should be said with “modesty”. What could St. Louis be referring to in this case?
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Proper order?
 
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