unembarrassedadj.
/ˌʌnᵻmˈbarəst/, /ˌʌnɛmˈbarəst/, U.S. /ˌənᵻmˈbɛrəst/, /ˌənɛmˈbɛrəst/ 1. Not encumbered, hampered, or impeded. (In literal or figurative uses.)
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > not hindering or encumbering > not hindered or encumbered
freeeOE
unletted?a1425
unimpeachedc1430
frank1481
nearc1520
untangled1539
unclogged1548
uncumbered1551
unprevented1572
cumberless1581
unentangleda1586
undebarred1595
unstayed1600
disencumbered1611
unhindered1615
unretarded1615
unstopped1621
unobstructed1648
unengaged1653
extricated1657
unbeclogged1674
unhampered1702
unembarrassed1708
unencumbered1722
unstemmed1732
disembarrassed1741
unstifled1742
unimpeded1760
smooth1792
untrammelled1795
unintercepted1814
unmired1834
frictionless1848
unsmothereda1849
unbalked1888
unlocked1890
1708 Diss. Drunkenness 31 Temperance, how clean and unembarassed it keeps the Senses!
1717 G. Berkeley in Life & Lett. (1871) 551 [The church of] St. Spiritus [is] very neat and unembarrassed [with ornament].
1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 262 The movements of the second line to conform to that of the first are free and unembarrassed.
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. ix. 411 Not a single doctrine could remain unembarrassed with doubt.
1884 Manch. Examiner 6 Oct. 5/2 To be left to pursue an unembarrassed course in [governing] Egypt.
2. Not confused or constrained; free, at ease.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > agreeable in manner > affable > easy
easy1680
dégagé1697
unembarrassed1746
unceremonious1779
facile1844
unstarched1861
1746 Yorke in G. Harris Life Ld. Hardwicke (1847) II. 235 The second [ballad] is entitled, ‘The Unembarrassed Countenance’.
1764 S. Foote Lyar i. i. 9 He is as unimbarrassed, easy, and fluent..as if he really believ'd what he said.
1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 129 His gait was unembarrassed and noble.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxix. 286 The young man was perfectly easy and unembarrassed.
1897 Harper's Mag. Apr. 726 Declining the unembarrassed entreaties.., I despatched my inquiries and fled.
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