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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.

Etymology

Origin of unabashedly

unabashed ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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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

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

Combine that with the absence of data, and it’s difficult to envision that Powell and company will be ready to unabashedly throw support behind the economy.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

A young white woman answered the door and was unabashedly surprised to see me.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

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