Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unassuming
IPA transcription: [,ʌnəs'umɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: retiring, unassuming
    Meaning: not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"
Usage examples
  • It was worth while to amuse Theodora, she was so pretty and unassuming in her delight at his carelessly-amiable efforts for her entertainment.
  • Who was this priest who had so suddenly come among them, so self-forgetful, so simple, so unassuming, yet whose influence was so strong with all classes?
  • The superiority of her charms was felt and acknowledged by her companions, but without envy, for it was surpassed by the unassuming gentleness and winning kindness of her manners.
  • A demure, old-fashioned type; well-poised but unassuming; fetchingly gowned and with sufficient individuality of taste but not conspicuously; a girl with soft brown hair and soft brown eyes; pretty, not extravagantly so when her face was in repose, but with a slow smile that rendered her little less than beautiful: in all (Lanyard thought) the kind of woman that is predestined to comfort mankind, whose strongest instinct is the maternal.