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

See Examples For:

unabashedly

Wouldn’t you want to hang out with the guy unabashedly wearing a hat with a prehistoric creature bursting out of each end?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 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

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

And sure, maybe falling head-over-heels for something so unabashedly beige — so simple, so structurally unseduced by aesthetics — makes me a bit of a try-hard.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025

Having used up her single French phrase, she speaks Kikongo unabashedly, as though there were no other language on earth.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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