Unpretending
[,ʌnpri'tendiŋ]
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Modest, lowly, unassuming, retiring, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, not forward.
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Definition
adj. not pretending or making pretence: modest.—adv. Unpreten′dingly.—adj. Unpreten′tious not pretentious.—n. Unpreten′tiousness.
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Examples
- So simple, so unpretending a locality, to be the scene of so mighty an event! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Perhaps our wedding might even be as unpretending as her own, and I might not find it necessary to say anything about it until it was over. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She is young, rather pretty modest and unpretending, and full of winning politeness. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- An unpretending, single-minded, artless girlinfinitely to be preferred by any man of sense and taste to such a woman as Mrs. Elton. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He must know that she was as amiable and unpretending as we have found her. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Or you might wake, to-morrow morning, with a sense of something wanting, and even this unpretending volume might be able to supply it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But humble as we are, and unpretending, in the matter of art, our researches among the painted monks and martyrs have not been wholly in vain. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The curates, meantime, sat and sipped their wine, a liquor of unpretending vintage, moderately enjoyed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They are very quiet, unpretending people. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His manner was very unpretending--too simple to be termed affable; rather timid than proud. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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