unassumingness
IPA: ʌnʌsˈumɪŋnʌs
noun
- The quality of being unassuming.
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Examples of "unassumingness" in Sentences
- In private life he displayed a simplicity of manner in harmony with the general unassumingness of his character.
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- He listened to Roberts, until he thought it little less than miraculous that the young creature from whom he had parted so few months ago, and whom he had been accustomed to regard more as a plaything than as a friend, could in so short a time, and without the sacrifice of an atom of the simplicity and unassumingness which so peculiarly marked all that she said and did, have been so equal to the difficulties of the novel situation in which she had found herself; that she could so justly combine economy with a due regard to appearances; that she could submit to solitude and deprivations with cheerfulness; and, above all, that she could tolerate the irritating and trying suspense in which he could not but be conscious that he had so long kept her, with an equanimity of temper which had given her a friend in every one who had approached her, and had secured such a respect to her character as made her the astonishment of those who could best appreciate the whole merit of such self-command.
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