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  • adjective Not bombastic.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ bombastic

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Examples

  • His selective disheartenments convince by their unhurried, unforced, unbombastic quality.

    Zest for Death Ellmann, Richard 1968

  • Mr. Hayes particularly praised Mr. Bloomberg's sensitivity during the relatively unbombastic passage "and the rockets' red glare …" - "he adjusted his gesture to something that was a little more flowing" - and his skillful leading of the orchestra out of the long held note at the end of "banner yet wave" and into the climactic "O'er the land of the free" measures.

    NYT > Home Page By ANDY NEWMAN 2011

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