melodramatic
adjective
of, like, or befitting melodrama.
unmelodramatic
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a word derived from
melodramatic.
Example Sentences
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The wisdom lent by this experience—of being a couple struggling with degenerative illness while collaborating on a film about that very subject—may be what gives Still Alice its quiet, unmelodramatic directness.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2014
Johnson’s style is low-key and determinedly unmelodramatic, with a limited use of music cues or attention-getting camera moves.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2014
It's virtues appear so simple – convincing characterisation, unmelodramatic script, careful build-up – that you wonder why they're not more often seen.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2011
His face was as empty of expression, as unmelodramatic, as that of a jitney driver.
From Free Air by Sinclair Lewis
Yet Devereux was a remarkably unmelodramatic fighting man.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
