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

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unabashedly

Americans of most political stripes unabashedly fly the American flag from their homes and adorn everything from T-shirts to trucks with the red, white and blue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

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

In a time where LGBTQ+ stories and diversity in Hollywood have plummeted, Heated Rivalry's breakout success has unearthed the hunger for not only an unabashedly queer story, but also a universally, endearingly human one.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

To the unabashedly chauvinistic Time, the youthful Professor Lawrence’s career symbolized the emergence of American science as the lodestar of international research.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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