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unpretentiously

Definitions

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  • adverb In a manner that is not pretentious; sincerely, without affectation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an unpretentious manner

Etymologies

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unpretentious +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Julian Green, a spokesman for MillerCoors, said that the campaign's message of living the high life "unpretentiously" resonated in today's uncertain economy and was undiminished by not being able to use Super Bowl.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Hidden in a little lane on Huashan Lu, Time Passage has been drawing expats and locals alike into its "unpretentiously" decor-ed room since the mid-90s.

    Chinalyst - China blogs in English 2009

  • I agree that this is a very clearly, respectfully, and unpretentiously written book that can serve as a companion to any artist.

    there’s still work to be done | clusterflock 2009

  • It is written so clearly, so directly, so unpretentiously, with candour and endearing tenderness.

    Family Legacies « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • It is the same one that has defined his own 23-year career, a humility in excelsis that has allowed him to weather an unparalleled level of scrutiny and adulation and still seem the unpretentiously modest child prodigy who scored his maiden first-class century at the age of 15.

    Sachin Tendulkar's Yorkshire roots helped make him a master of modesty 2011

  • Hyped by the culturati, Marfa doesn't disappoint in the art and food department, yet stays unpretentiously true to its dusty cowboy roots.

    Drive-Through Vacations 2011

  • It features a 14th-century wooden bishop, unpretentiously displayed on a raw pine pedestal, overlooking a couch and armchairs designed by Mr. Shapiro.

    Dealers Get Real 2011

  • It also suggests, albeit discreetly, how smart he was: You'll find in its unpretentiously written pages references to the likes of Max Beerbohm, John Dowland, Robert Herrick, Martin Luther, H.L.

    Head of the Nice Guys Club Terry Teachout 2011

  • In "Pi", Kate Bush sings to 137 decimal places, rapturously, yet her singular lyrics are anchored by her southern English diction: she writes as unpretentiously as she speaks.

    My hero: Kate Bush by David Mitchell 2011

  • Esther Kläs's engaging, unpretentiously reductive sculpture evokes the postwar, semiabstracted, universalist figures of Reg Butler, Germaine Richier and Kenneth Armitage.

    Abstracts (Subtle or Semi) And Bold Dimensions Peter Plagens 2011

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