Antonyms for unexaggerated

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ig-zaj-uh-rey-tid

Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzædʒ əˌreɪ tɪd

Definition of unexaggerated

Origin : 1530s, "to pile up, accumulate," from Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare "heighten, amplify, magnify," literally "to heap, pile, load, fill," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + aggerare "heap up," from agger (genitive aggeris) "heap," from aggerere "bring together, carry toward," from ad- "to, toward" + gerere "carry" (see gest). Sense of "overstate" first recorded in English 1560s. Related: Exaggerated; exaggerating.

As in literal : adj word for word; exact, real
As in naked : adj manifest, evident

Example sentences :

It also has the peculiarly Russian quality of unexaggerated realism.
Extract from : « An Outline of Russian Literature » by Maurice Baring

I mean to lay before you the truth—the unexaggerated truth, but to conceal nothing.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Such is the unexaggerated picture of our condition under a Constitution founded upon the republican principle of equal rights.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

I have nothing to add, except that this is a true and unexaggerated account of what I saw.
Extract from : « Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events » by S. Baring-Gould

He said well, “Life is not habitually seen from any common platform so truly and unexaggerated as in the light of literature.”
Extract from : « Familiar Studies of Men and Books » by Robert Louis Stevenson

We can praise her performance as interesting, unexaggerated, and full of opportune instruction.
Extract from : « The House on the Moor, v. 1/3 » by Mrs. Oliphant

This aspect is founded on the relation which they bear to the real events and the unexaggerated afflictions of his own life.
Extract from : « The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II » by Thomas De Quincey

Agnes Grey should please such critics as Mr. Lewes, for it is “true” and “unexaggerated” enough.
Extract from : « Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle » by Clement K. Shorter

He would bring in a modifying influence of outdoor life and unexaggerated sentiment.
Extract from : « The Ladies Lindores, Vol. 3(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant

These reports would be truthful, unexaggerated, and non-sensational statements that could be relied upon.
Extract from : « A Story of the Red Cross » by Clara Barton

Synonyms for unexaggerated

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