unpedanticadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnpᵻˈdantɪk/, U.S. /ˌənpəˈdæn(t)ɪk/ Not pedantic.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective]
natural1553
unaffecting1602
inartificial1665
unaffected1677
real1747
unpedantic1782
unpretentious1838
untheatric1858
unselfconscious1866
1782 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 21/2 All claim to poetic honours must be finally decided by the taste of the common, unprejudiced, unpedantic reader.
1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio II. 316 This essay is sufficient to manifest..the solid, unpedantic cultivation of your happy talents.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. iv. 37 He would..speak of courts and kings, in an easy and unpedantic strain.
1840 J. S. Mill in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 41 [The Americans'] cast of mind is altogether unpedantic and practical.
1924 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 20 June 10/1 The younger professors and instructors..made a point of being unpedantic in the classroom and rather overdid it.
2002 M. Alexander Hist. Old Eng. Lit. ix. 244 Aelfric..has the elegance of learning while being perfectly unpedantic and unpretentious.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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