ostentatious
adjective
characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others.
unostentatiously
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a word derived from
ostentatious.
Example Sentences
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At least one couple, Drohman related, were quietly wed with their ordained minister and witnesses unostentatiously seated at a table in the back room.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
Sam has always been loyal and generous, neurotic and melodramatic, wickedly but unostentatiously smart, frank and funny and someone who makes the people around him feel funny, too, because he laughs frequently and hard.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2016
This world-class fish mecca is unostentatiously small and bare.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2016
“Dark Star” reveals Giger’s bizarre home, filled with skulls, statues, books, paintings, gigantic watches and, unostentatiously on a bookshelf, his golden Academy Award statuette.
From Washington Times ● May 24, 2015
A loosened pin will stand just so much shaking, and then it will unostentatiously work its way out and look around for something else to do.
From Of All Things by Robert C. Benchley
