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unugly

unugly adjective: not aesthetically displeasing; not ugly.

Adjective

unugly (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Not aesthetically displeasing; not ugly.
    • Well, I lay it down, first, that a book quite unornamented can look actually and positively beautiful, and not merely un-ugly, if it be, so to say, architecturally good, which, by the by, need not add much to its price […]1893, William Morris, The Ideal Book
    • The Caldwells decided, at least for the moment, to be accommodating, unugly Americans. They picked up their pastis and their menus and reestablished themselves at the table across the aisle.2000, Charles Gustafson, A Visa for Ahmad: Escape from Libya, page 94

Origin of unugly

From un- + ugly.

Questions about unugly

What does unugly mean?
Unugly means not aesthetically displeasing; not ugly.
What part of speech is unugly?
Unugly is an adjective.

Words near unugly in the dictionary

  1. untzy
  2. UNU
  3. unubiquitinated
  4. unubiquitous
  5. unubiquitylated
  6. unugly
  7. Unuk
  8. unulcerated
  9. Unumgar
  10. unumlauted
  11. unumpired

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