单词 | unpresumptuously |
释义 | unpresumptuouslyadv. In an unpresumptuous manner; without presumption; unassumingly, humbly, solicitously. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb] lowlyc1350 demurelyc1400 lowlily1415 simplyc1430 murely1474 littlya1500 modestly1569 unpretendingly1701 unambitiously1746 meeverly1757 unpresumptuously1758 unostentatiously1771 unconceitedly1812 unpretentiously1852 unassertively1981 1758 J. Macpherson Highlander v. 57 The Hero, rising from his lofty seat, Thus unpresumptuously accosts the great. 1815 S. C. Thatcher Apol. Rational & Evangelical Christianity 10 We hope we may put in a humble claim to the name of christians; and may unpresumptuously say with the apostle, [etc.]. 1850 W. Anderson Regeneration 262 Such a state of mind..is sometimes..attained to unpresumptuously and legitimately. 1903 G. W. Rusden Shakespeare iii. 387 How unaffectedly, with confidence, yet unpresumptuously, does the Countess of Rousillon commend the function of prayer. 1960 Bks. Abroad 34 139/1 This is an unpresumptuously written story. 2004 D. Felsenfeld Ives & Copland 77 Copland unpresumptuously all but plays prophet with this dangerous set of pitches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1758 |
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