flamboyant
adjective
strikingly bold or brilliant; showy.
unflamboyant
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a word derived from
flamboyant.
Example Sentences
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Because he was a quiet, sober person who lived an unusually unflamboyant life by the standards of celebrated American writers, it’s easy to miss how much he achieved.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
The two of them are focused, unflamboyant and warm, what my grandmother once usefully categorised as “real people” – not always easy to come by in showbiz.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2018
Of these Mr. Brice is the best, an unflamboyant singer whose ballast-heavy songs hold steady through the tears.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2012
As anticipation grows that England can win the Ashes, or retain them in a drawn series at the very least, it is as a coach that Flower's surefooted, unflamboyant leadership has begun to attract attention.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2010
At all times this sawed-off, unflamboyant man knew exactly where his affairs were at.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
