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unpretendingly

unpretendingly adverb: without pretence or pretension.

Adverb

unpretendingly (comparative more unpretendingly, superlative most unpretendingly)

  1. Without pretence or pretension.

Forms of unpretendingly

comparativemore unpretendingly
superlativemost unpretendingly

Origin of unpretendingly

From unpretending + -ly.

Questions about unpretendingly

What does unpretendingly mean?
Unpretendingly means without pretence or pretension.
What part of speech is unpretendingly?
Unpretendingly is an adverb.

Words near unpretendingly in the dictionary

  1. unpresumptuously
  2. unpresumptuousness
  3. unpresupposed
  4. unpretended
  5. unpretending
  6. unpretendingly
  7. unpretendingness
  8. unpretentious
  9. unpretentiously
  10. unpretentiousness
  11. unpreternatural

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