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unostentatious /ˌʌnɒstɛnˈteɪʃəs /adjectiveNot ostentatious: he was generous in a quiet, unostentatious way...- Now, for some reason, I've gone off it, but the glasses remain beautiful - simple and plain, unostentatious, solid and geometric.
- This is acting of the purest and most unostentatious kind, unadorned by self-pity or visible virtuosity.
- Our president had a rhinestone-covered 20 gallon cowboy hat with an airhorn and flashing strobe, and he seemed far less virtuous than my neighbor, with her simple and unostentatious cap.
Derivativesunostentatiously /ˌʌnɒstɛnˈteɪʃəsli/ adverb ...- Not to speak of the unostentatiously low-key, delimiting, and cool-filtered cinematography by Leigh's usual cameraman, Dick Pope.
- On other occasions - the encounters of the Giant and his mother spring to mind - the simplicity is both very effective and unostentatiously moving.
- ‘You know that Barry will be unostentatiously successful in anything he's involved in,’ said one business source.
unostentatiousness /ˌʌnɒstɛnˈteɪʃəsnəs/ noun ...- And yet, reading her obituary, I was surprised to find myself feeling that hers was a life lived with integrity and unostentatiousness.
- The homeliness and unostentatiousness of the middle class American were captivating.
- Mr. Harter gave ever with discrimination, but he also gave with a degree of unostentatiousness amounting almost to secrecy.
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