英语单词“unostentatiously”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 unostentatiously 释义 unostentatiouslyadverbapprovinguk/?n??s.ten?te?.??s.li/us/?n?ɑ?.st?n?te?.??s.li/in a way that does notobviouslyshowyourmoney, possessions, orpower, because you are notinterestedin making otherpeoplenoticeoradmireyou:They are verywealthy, butliverelativelyunostentatiously in asmalltown.She alwaysdressedunostentatiously, often inblack.

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• He was unostentatiouslydressed,consideringhisbackground.
• Hislateryearswerelivedalmostasplainlyand unostentatiously as those he hadspentworkingas aminer.
• Ienteredtherestaurantas unostentatiously as I couldmanage.
• In manycasesshe hadquietlyand unostentatiously givenfood,clothing, andsimilarcomfortsto thepoor.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Plain and ordinary

• as it comesidiom
• austere
• austerely
• austerity
• average Joe
• generalized
• homeliness
• homely
• homespun
• homey
• rife
• run-of-the-mill
• severe
• severely
• simple
• unmounted
• unoriginal
• unremarkable
• well trodden
• workaday

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(Definition ofunostentatiouslyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/unostentatiously##