dignified
adjective
characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous.
undignifiedly
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a word derived from
dignified.
Example Sentences
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When the clerk told him seven-thirty, he grinned and became undignifiedly loquacious.
From The Happy Family by B. M. Bower
The Indian girl lay in her hammock, with her eyes shut, and her little mouth open,—not undignifiedly open, but just sufficiently so to permit of one seeing something of the teeth and tongue inside.
From The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
"Yes—yes—whatever you wish me to say," she cried, suddenly freeing herself by dodging most undignifiedly out of his arms.
From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by David Graham Phillips
Under the pretence of hearing more distinctly, Jack Hamlin approached the nearest man, who, I grieve to say, instantly and somewhat undignifiedly retreated.
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
His complaisance made her uncomfortable and shy of him, it was so strange; it gave her a little shiver, as if he were behaving undignifiedly.
From A Chance Acquaintance by William Dean Howells
