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Meaning of un-ostentatious | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Rare form of unostentatious.

form-of, rare

Examples

“What, my dear grandmamma, is the boaſted character of moſt of thoſe who are called Heroes, to the un-oſtentatious merit of a truly Good man?”
“He is not a gallant man, but he is a very humane one; and this, considering Jane Fairfax’s ill health, would appear a case of humanity to him;—and for an act of un-ostentatious kindness, there is nobody whom I would fix on more than on Mr. Knightley.”
“This is a work highly creditable to the Baron and his able Editor, M. Jaubert. We cannot omit commending the un-ostentatious and economical manner in which it is put forth.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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