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unflamboyance

unflamboyance noun: the quality of being unflamboyant.

Noun

unflamboyance (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unflamboyant.
    • Both nations respect clarity of line, both styles favor a certain unflamboyance, and both derive from a mixture of the Russian and Italian schools—although the Italian influence is greater in England.1971 October 17, Clive Barnes, “London Critics Pan U.S. Ballet”, in The Sunday Sun, volume 71, number 42, Baltimore, Md., section D, page 6
    • But as she dances, it is obvious that it is her security of technique that allows her to do so many things so elegantly, the so-correct placement, the fine balance, the certain unflamboyance that makes her delicate line a memorable and delightful thing to view.1973 November 8, Donald Davies, “For 3rd Season, Best in Ballet”, in Wisconsin State Journal, volume 218, number 83, Madison, Wis., section 4, page 1

Examples of unflamboyance in a sentence

  • I was enormously impressed by the great studio and the quiet strength and unflamboyance of Epstein himself.1991, The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton, page 34:
  • Now, nearly 20 years later, while other cellars are often seen outperforming the Hamilton Russell wines, those who seek unflamboyance and restraint still regard them as industry classics.2000, “South Africa”, in The Global Encyclopedia of Wine, Global Book Publishing, →ISBN, section “Other South African Regions”, page 481:
  • Behn had always associated the bourgeois with age, impotence, miserliness and dreary unflamboyance.2001, Derek Hughes, “Dearth and Famine”, in The Theatre of Aphra Behn, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 160:

Questions about unflamboyance

What does unflamboyance mean?
Unflamboyance means the quality of being unflamboyant.
How do you use unflamboyance in a sentence?
I was enormously impressed by the great studio and the quiet strength and unflamboyance of Epstein himself.
What part of speech is unflamboyance?
Unflamboyance is a noun.

Words near unflamboyance in the dictionary

  1. unflags
  2. unflailed
  3. unflaked
  4. unflakiness
  5. unflaky
  6. unflamboyance
  7. unflamboyant
  8. unflamboyantly
  9. unflamed
  10. unflaming
  11. unflammable

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