unpresuming
- a word derived from presuming.
Example Sentences
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Durbin’s unpresuming, unfailingly courteous, thoroughly Midwestern personality has played against his interests at times.
From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2022
The spirit of piety never seemed to me nobler, than in this unusual expression of unmurmuring, unpresuming resignation.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
I conjectured it might be the one o’clock beer—Old women with bobbins and red cloaks and unpresuming bonnets I see creeping about the heath.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
She was a shy, gentle, unpresuming girl, whom, for this reason, perhaps, Margaret had learned to look upon without dislike or scorn.
From Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by Simms, William Gilmore
His talents were not conspicuous, but his manners were unpresuming, and honesty was depicted on his countenance.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph
