Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being unostentatious, or free from ostentation.
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Examples
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The careful habits of thought, the unostentatiousness, and the practical common sense for which the
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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His conversation was remarkable in manner for perfect unostentatiousness, clearness, and self-control, and in matter for breadth and minuteness of political information.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various
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I had a feeling, anyhow, that unostentatiousness of approach might not be bad.
The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936
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The homeliness and unostentatiousness of the middle class American were captivating.
An Autobiography Catherine Helen Spence 1867
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A prohibitory tariff in that direction would “protect "some of the unostentatiousness of social life that befits a republican people.
Recollections of a Long Life Cuyler, Theodore L 1902
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