unpretending

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To a little fellow, quiet, Unpretending and subdued, Has a big clown, running riot, Been to-day extremely rude.

From The Poems of Goethe Translated in the original metres by Bowring, Edgar Alfred

I'm so gentle and so patient and so meek, Unpretending, Unoffending.

From Poems by Macy, Arthur

Unpretending, un-prē-ten′ding, adj. not pretending or making pretence: modest.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Unpretending as it is, this little alpine adventurer makes the most of its beauty.

From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford

Unpretending as was his father's household, its practice was the patriarchal hospitality that marked the manners of the Poland of a century and a half ago, as it does to-day.

From Kościuszko A Biography by Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)