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unostentatiously

unostentatiously adverb: in an unostentatious manner.

Adverb

unostentatiously (comparative more unostentatiously, superlative most unostentatiously)

  1. In an unostentatious manner
    • The common gay does well being less concerned with joining the Great Gay Bandwagon […] and more concerned with living unostentatiously, honestly, truthfully, and quietly.1980 December 13, Ray Olson, “Short Sighted And Silly”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 4

Forms of unostentatiously

comparativemore unostentatiously
superlativemost unostentatiously

Origin of unostentatiously

From unostentatious + -ly or un- + ostentatiously.

Questions about unostentatiously

What does unostentatiously mean?
Unostentatiously means in an unostentatious manner.
What part of speech is unostentatiously?
Unostentatiously is an adverb.

Words near unostentatiously in the dictionary

  1. UNOSOM
  2. unossified
  3. unostensible
  4. unostentation
  5. unostentatious
  6. unostentatiously
  7. unostentatiousness
  8. unostracized
  9. unothered
  10. unotterlike
  11. unousted

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