demonstratively
adverb
in a way that is demonstrative.
undemonstratively
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a word derived from
demonstratively.
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a word derived from
undemonstrative.
undemonstrativeadjectivenot given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
Example Sentences
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They just change their tactics and the movie stays toughly, undemonstratively onside with the CIA good guys.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2013
Instead, Preminger deftly and undemonstratively evokes the shortcomings of the system, its failure to account for aspects of human behavior that defy rationality, that contradict self-interest and confound tidy chains of cause and effect.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2012
He brought a lot of pain to the role, undemonstratively, holding it in, with not a hint of self pity.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2010
Much individual activity is carried on privately, undemonstratively.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some few, I fear, In this their country's hour of need Keep undemonstratively clear, Or, if they're called, exemption plead.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 21st, 1916 by Various
