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Synonyms for unpretentiously
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : uhn-pri-ten-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn prɪˈtɛn ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for unpretentiously Other synonyms for the word unpretentiously
- artlessly
- bashfully
- but of course
- by birth
- by nature
- candidly
- casually
- characteristically
- chastely
- collectedly
- customarily
- demurely
- diffidently
- frankly
- freely
- genuinely
- guilelessly
- habitually
- impulsively
- informally
- ingenuously
- innocently
- intelligibly
- matter-of-factly
- modestly
- naturally
- normally
- openly
- ordinarily
- plainly
- purely
- quietly
- readily
- regularly
- retiringly
- shyly
- simply
- sincerely
- solemnly
- spontaneously
- steadily
- straightforwardly
- temperately
- typically
- unaffectedly
- unassumingly
- uniformly
- unimpassionedly
- unobtrusively
- unpresumptuously
- unpretentiously
- usually
- virtuously
- without any elaboration
Définition of unpretentiously
Origin :- 1859, from un- (1) "not" + pretentious. Related: Unpretentiously; unpretentiousness.
- As in naturally : adv as anticipated
- As in simply : adv plainly, clearly
- As in modestly : adv in a modest manner
- As in soberly : adv moderately
- An act of anticlimax should be treated, so to speak, as unpretentiously as possible.
- Extract from : « Play-Making » by William Archer
- A great deal of money had been unpretentiously spent on it, with a certain amount of good-humored, ordinary taste.
- Extract from : « The Second Fiddle » by Phyllis Bottome
- This was unpretentiously papered and furnished, and there I received my visitors from town and court.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame Vige Lebrun » by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vige-Lebrun
- As it was Sunday, I went to the church, and the church gripped me at once, for it is unpretentiously barbaric.
- Extract from : « Through the Land of the Serb » by Mary Edith Durham
- Here everything is unpretentiously English, and even the waiters are not all foreigners.
- Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, September 28, 1895 » by Various
- Her soft fine hair was unpretentiously drawn away neatly, and her doe-like eyes rested amiably on her guests.
- Extract from : « Fairfax and His Pride » by Marie Van Vorst
- It was so unpretentiously pretentious, so really grand in a limited and yet poetic way.
- Extract from : « Twelve Men » by Theodore Dreiser
Antonyms for unpretentiously
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