unassumed

Christ was subject to "bodily weaknesses to which human nature unassumed is universally subject."

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Catholics hold that, before the Resurrection, the Body of Christ was subject to all the bodily weaknesses to which human nature unassumed is universally subject; such are hunger, thirst, pain, death.

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But our Solicitor – General rose to his legs a happy man, with all that grace of motion, that easy slowness, that unassumed confidence which belongs to the ordinary doings of our familiar life.

Lady Anna 2004

He is young and fair, tall and commanding, and his unassumed dignity is in keeping with his handsome physique.

A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle Edwin George Rundle

The detective returned the greeting with a cheerfulness that was entirely unassumed.

The Grell Mystery Frank Froest

With unassumed unconcern, but with deliberate intention, he was accompanied to Barracks 1 or 2, to see with his own eyes a typical illustration of the living quarters provided within the camp.

Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot

Hornblower shrugged his shoulders with a carelessness quite unassumed for once.

Flying Colours Forester, C. S. 1938

Untroubled rest and plentiful food had erased the marks of her imprisonment; Dorothy's deep, manifestly unassumed faith in the ability of Seaton and Crane to bring them safely back to Earth had quieted her fears; and a complete costume of Dorothy's simple but well-cut clothes, which fitted her perfectly, and in which she looked her best and knew it, had completely restored her self-possession.

The Skylark of Space Lee Hawkins Garby 1922

He asked Margaret to show him her sketches and looked at them with unassumed interest.

The Magician 1919

An unassumed astonishment marked the other's countenance.

Mountain Blood A Novel Joseph Hergesheimer 1917