unassuming

unassuming
unassumingly, adv.unassumingness, n.
/un'euh sooh"ming/, adj.
modest; unpretentious.
[1720-30; UN-1 + ASSUMING]

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  • unassuming — (adj.) unpretentious, 1726, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + infinitive of ASSUME (Cf. assume) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • unassuming — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not pretentious or arrogant. DERIVATIVES unassumingly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • unassuming — [un΄ə so͞o′miŋ, un΄əsyo͞o′miŋ] adj. not assuming, pretentious, or forward; modest; retiring unassumingly adv. unassumingness n …   English World dictionary

  • unassuming — adjective Date: 1722 not assuming ; modest < an unassuming librarian > < an unassuming manner > < an unassuming neighborhood > • unassumingness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unassuming — [[t]ʌ̱nəsju͟ːmɪŋ, AM su͟ːm [/t]] ADJ GRADED (approval) If you describe a person or their behaviour as unassuming, you approve of them because they are quiet and do not try to appear important. He s a man of few words, very polite and unassuming …   English dictionary

  • unassuming — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. modest, retiring, reserved. See modesty. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. quiet, retiring, reserved; see humble 1 , modest 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [un uh SOO ming] modest… …   English dictionary for students

  • unassuming — adjective showing no desire to be noticed or given special treatment; modest: an unassuming middle class family …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • unassuming — adjective she s not quite the unassuming ingenue she seems to be Syn: modest, self effacing, humble, meek, bashful, reserved, diffident; unobtrusive, unostentatious, low key, unpretentious, unaffected, natural, artless, ingenuous …   Thesaurus of popular words

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