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unshowiness

unshowiness noun: the quality of being unshowy.

Noun

unshowiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unshowy.
    • […]they were needless bursts of imagination from a man who’d made such a show of unshowiness.2009 June 1, Jon Caramanica, “Country’s King Rules With Restraint”, in New York Times

Origin of unshowiness

From unshowy + -ness.

Questions about unshowiness

What does unshowiness mean?
Unshowiness means the quality of being unshowy.
What part of speech is unshowiness?
Unshowiness is a noun.

Words near unshowiness in the dictionary

  1. unshoveled
  2. unshovelled
  3. unshowable
  4. unshowcased
  5. unshowered
  6. unshowiness
  7. unshowmanlike
  8. unshown
  9. unshowy
  10. unshrank
  11. unshreddable

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