unabashedly

American  

[uhn-uh-bash-id-lee] / ˌʌn əˈbæʃ ɪd li /

adverb

1. without apology, embarrassment, or defensiveness; unashamedly.

   They look at Social Security and Medicare with enormous gratitude, and unabashedly admit that they don't know how they'd survive without that help.

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Etymology

Origin of unabashedly

unabashed ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Santee Alley has become a place for me to bring closer the family I left, a space where I can unabashedly experiment with my style through their selection of menswear.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked his 100th day in office on Sunday with a rally to tout early successes and vow to follow through on his unabashedly "socialist" agenda.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The movie is, among other things, very specifically and unabashedly Canadian, and made with evident love for its city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Her joyful, old-school pop songs were deservedly massive last year, pairing classic songcraft with an unabashedly romantic outlook.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

He was an immigrant—he’d adopted France and loved it unabashedly, but he was now cast as a foreigner.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Related Words

• blatantly
• brazenly
• candidly
• flagrantly
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• readily
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• willingly