unpresuming

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Durbin’s unpresuming, unfailingly courteous, thoroughly Midwestern personality has played against his interests at times.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2022

The young gentleman's smiling but unpresuming camaraderie seemed unruffled by the colonel's blunt contempt, and though they all drew apart from him he seemed to be untroubled by his journalistic ostracism.

From No. 13 Washington Square by Scott, Leroy

Your gift may be given in an unpresuming way.

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John

And in his whole appearance, features, attitude and look, there was a conscious pride and superiority over his opponents, which, though unpresuming and urbane, seemed to speak louder than words—"I am the victor here to-day."

From The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 by Doheny, Michael

During the past hour or two he had shown himself reasonably intelligent, unpresuming, without offensiveness of any kind.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar