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Significats de unpretending en anglès

Not ostentatious.

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1
Either way, you want unpretentious plonk that promises not to be poisonous.
The Irish Times
2
I find the most interesting and complex things in really unpretentious places.
The Guardian
3
Sarah had just said quietly that he was unpretentious and very simple.
The house
4
The fare was delightful and unpretentious, and the conversation was the same.
Musical Memories
5
They were both easygoing, intelligent, unpretentious, and very good at their business.
Dating game
1
Gold's films were linked by a seriousness of purpose and unostentatious direction.
The Guardian
2
His manners were exceedingly simple and unostentatious,-theconstant characteristics of true greatness.
American Scenes, and Christian Slavery / A Recent Tour of Four T...
3
It is a neat and unostentatious brick building, at which the Rev.
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
4
His simple, unostentatious, and even ascetic life during these years was noted.
Cosmic Consciousness / The Man-God Whom We Await
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He was a plain man with a simple, unostentatious taste for money.
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
Ús de unpretending en anglès
1
Ashby himself was always there; and an agreeable, unpretending gentleman he was.
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson / In Which is T...
2
His house was famous for its unpretending hospitalities, especially to American travellers.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 09: European Statesmen
3
The interior of the cabin was no less unpretending and simple.
Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer
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And yet the tale was so simple and sweet and sad and unpretending.
Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities
5
An unpretending, flowing prelude; then suddenly the tones of the singer.
The Pagans
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She always fetched the children from the station in her own unpretending carriage.
Thyrza
7
We were married, there, in Troy in the quietest and most unpretending manner.
A Strange Disappearance
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In fact nothing could well be more simple-moreutterly unpretending than this cottage.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2
9
Jeremy Belknap holds an honored place in that unpretending row of local historians.
Pages from an Old Volume of Life; A Collection of Essays, 1857-1...
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In a word, he wore the unpretending uniform of a master.
The Two Admirals
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That struggling congregation still worships devoutly in its original, unpretending temple.
The Fiend's Delight
12
It was a most unpretending structure, and was quite overshadowed by the R.C.
In the Footprints of the Padres
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He opened the mine and built a little unpretending ten-stamp mill.
Roughing It
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Indeed, one rather wonders that the unpretending explorer writes so well.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01
15
These wishes were, by the way, of a rather unpretending character.
Queen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era
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You have a singularly fine & aristocratic disrespect for homely & unpretending English.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900
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