unshowy
- a word derived from showy.
Example Sentences
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Yet the way she presented herself stayed largely unchanged - restrained, unshowy, and less interested in spectacle.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
With unshowy grace Ms. Edebiri draws a subtle portrait of a young woman who doesn’t always feel comfortable revealing her sharp intellect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Even the camera, which generally serves the story in as fluid and unshowy a way as possible, can’t help but be magnetized by the sheer dynamism of Foxx’s screen presence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
This remarkable skill, on the scale of opera and under the care of McBurney’s stark, unshowy staging, makes for a high point of Gerhaher’s long, already much-lauded career.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
In almost all English histories dealing with this period his steadiness and solid unshowy qualities are contrasted with Essex's flightiness and failure, to the natural disadvantage of the latter.
From The Story of Ireland by Lawless, Emily
