Thesaurus / unostentatious
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
As in the old days of the Rusholme Road, Batterby flung his money about with unostentatious generosity.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
His unostentatious mode of travelling merely gave an excuse for not treating him with much respect.
IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS, VOL. II (OF 3)RICHARD BAGWELL
It was in this unostentatious, this half-furtive fashion, that his visits to London now usually occurred.
THE REGENTE. ARNOLD BENNETT
He is extremely modest and unostentatious in manner and all who know him speak of him in terms of praise.
LYMAN'S HISTORY OF OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY, VOL. 2 (OF 2)WILLIAM DENISON LYMAN
And in his great joy he never lost one of his most beautiful natural graces, the grace of an unostentatious humility.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENS
He could not comprehend how his simple, truthful, unostentatious story could awaken such unkind feelings, such baseless slanders.
STANLEY'S ADVENTURES IN THE WILDS OF AFRICAJOEL TYLER HEADLEY AND WILLIAM FLETCHER JOHNSON
The hours of dinner vary from half-past three to half-past five, and an unostentatious hospitality usually prevails.
LANDS OF THE SLAVE AND THE FREEHENRY A. MURRAY
The house had every comfort, the society every charm, and the welcome was as warm as it was unostentatious.
LANDS OF THE SLAVE AND THE FREEHENRY A. MURRAY
Their love has all the unostentatious assurance of what has received the sanction of public opinion.
THE SOUL OF THE FAR EASTPERCIVAL LOWELL
Nan was so quiet and unostentatious in her unselfishness, few at the camp realized how much she did.
THE CARTER GIRLS' WEEK-END CAMPNELL SPEED
WORDS RELATED TO UNOSTENTATIOUS
- absolute
- austere
- classic
- clean
- discreet
- elementary
- folksy
- homely
- homey
- humble
- inelaborate
- lowly
- mere
- modest
- not complex
- open and shut
- plain
- pure
- pure and simple
- rustic
- sheer
- single
- spartan
- unadorned
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unalloyed
- unblended
- uncombined
- uncomplicated
- uncompounded
- undecorated
- unelaborate
- unembellished
- unfussy
- unmitigated
- unmixed
- unornamented
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- unqualified
- vanilla
- absolute
- austere
- classic
- clean
- discreet
- elementary
- folksy
- homely
- homey
- humble
- inelaborate
- lowly
- mere
- modest
- not complex
- open and shut
- plain
- pure
- pure and simple
- rustic
- sheer
- single
- spartan
- unadorned
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unalloyed
- unblended
- uncombined
- uncomplicated
- uncompounded
- undecorated
- unelaborate
- unembellished
- unfussy
- unmitigated
- unmixed
- unornamented
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- unqualified
- vanilla
- absolute
- austere
- classic
- clean
- discreet
- elementary
- folksy
- homely
- homey
- humble
- inelaborate
- lowly
- mere
- modest
- not complex
- open and shut
- plain
- pure
- pure and simple
- rustic
- sheer
- single
- spartan
- unadorned
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unalloyed
- unblended
- uncombined
- uncomplicated
- uncompounded
- undecorated
- unelaborate
- unembellished
- unfussy
- unmitigated
- unmixed
- unornamented
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- unqualified
- vanilla
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