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Meanings of unpretending in inglés

Not ostentatious.

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      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
      4
      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
      6
      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
      8
      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...
      10
      In a word, he wore the unpretending uniform of a master.
      The Two Admirals
      11
      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
      13
      He opened the mine and built a little unpretending ten-stamp mill.
      Roughing It
      14
      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
      16
      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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