unabashedly

[ uhn-uh-bash-id-lee ]

/ ˌʌn əˈbæʃ ɪd li /

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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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Origin of unabashedly

unabashed + -ly

Words nearby unabashedly

UMW, umwelt, un, Una, unabashed, unabashedly, unabated, unable, unabridged, unaccented, unacceptable

How to use unabashedly in a sentence

This is interesting, told in an unabashedly forward manner as author Paula Stone Williams resists minimizing her male past.
‘As a Woman’ charts a transition within evangelical setting|Terri Schlichenmeyer|June 24, 2021|Washington Blade
Instead, I felt gratitude to be around people who not only cared, but expressed their dedication unabashedly.
I Went to the Westminster Dog Show and All I Got Was This Lousy Positive View of Humanity|Elijah Wolfson|June 14, 2021|Time
It Didn’t Have to Be This WayMany Hindi- and English-language news channels, as well as regional news outlets, are unabashedly pro-Modi.
It Isn't Just Modi. India’s Compliant Media Must Also Take Responsibility for the COVID-19 Crisis|Debasish Roy Chowdhury|May 3, 2021|Time
The author makes her case with an assortment of unabashedly heartwarming tales culled from the scientific literature, as well as more popular mediums like news reports, YouTube videos and TED talks.
Eye-opening acts of empathy in the animal kingdom|Richard Schiffman|April 9, 2021|Washington Post

She is financially independent, seemingly unmarried and unabashedly assertive.
Her crazy driving is a key element of Cruella de Vil’s evil. Here’s why.|Genevieve Carpio|April 2, 2021|Washington Post
“He has one of the most unabashedly pro-life records as anybody in the field,” said Mackowiak.
How A Jeb Bush Candidacy Would Hurt Chris Christie And Shake Up The 2016 GOP Field|David Freedlander|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The well in which he unabashedly dips back into over and over is that of Picasso.
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney|William O’Connor|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“This Is What An Unabashedly Pro-Obamacare Looks Like” shouted Talking Points Memo.
Will Proud and Loud on Obamacare Win the Race?|Stuart Stevens|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At two and a half hours, Beautiful sails by quickly—one non-confrontational, unabashedly pop, drop of ear candy follows another.
‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ Review: A Few Discordant Notes, But Damn Great Songs|Daniel Gross|January 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He might have had an extraordinary instinct, but he was unabashedly instrumentalist.
Mandela: The Last Good Man|Mark Gevisser|December 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST