Antonyms for unpretentiously

Grammar : Adv

Spell : uhn-pri-ten-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn prɪˈtɛn ʃəs

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for unpretentiously

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