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Meanings of so unassuming in English

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Usage of so unassuming in English
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But, then, he had been so humble, so unassuming in his love.
I Will Repay
2
However, nobility was not so unassuming in those days as it is now.
The Cloister and the Hearth
3
He is so gentle-mannered, so intelligent, so unassuming, yet so full-minded.
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
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It was just an innkeeper: friendly, servile, and so unassuming as to almost be invisible.
The Name of the Wind
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He wasn't at all striking on the surface; he was so quiet and so unassuming.
Starr, of the Desert
6
His face is deceptively calm, so unassuming and innocent.
Unravel Me
7
Galway-based businessman John Killeen is so unassuming that he may not identify the link - himself.
The Irish Times
8
There was something irresistibly attractive about him, so modest, so unassuming, and yet so straightforward and gentlemanly.
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
9
He does not precisely sing, of course; but then he looks so unassuming in his open landau!
An Inland Voyage
10
He does not precisely sing, of course; but then he looks so unassuming in his open laudau!
The Pocket R.L.S.: Being Favourite Passages from the Works of St...
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Hanging in Dublin's Hugh Lane Gallery is a painting so unassuming that many visitors don't know it's there.
The Irish Times
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The camera work, so unassuming it makes you feel like youre eavesdropping, garnered the cinematography award at Sundance.
Wired
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When she came into TV3 she was so unassuming and accommodating, chatting away like we were old friends.
The Irish Times
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Yet her friendliness was so unassuming that he found himself, against his better judgement, absorbed by what she said.
A week in december
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He's so unassuming, he shuffles, head bowed, into the room, looking almost embarrassed about the idea of being interviewed.
The Guardian
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Yet meeting him at school in south-west England, you would hardly pick him from a crowd, so unassuming is the diver.
Reuters
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