UNOSTENTATIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unostentatious mean? 

• UNOSTENTATIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective UNOSTENTATIOUS has 2 senses:

1. not ostentatious

2. exhibiting restrained good taste

  Familiarity information: UNOSTENTATIOUS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNOSTENTATIOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not ostentatious

Synonyms:

unostentatious; unpretending; unpretentious

Context example:

unostentatious elegance

Similar:

quiet; restrained (not showy or obtrusive)

Antonym:

ostentatious (intended to attract notice and impress others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Exhibiting restrained good taste

Synonyms:

understated; unostentatious; unpretentious

Context example:

the room is pleasant and understated

Similar:

tasteful (having or showing or conforming to good taste)

 Context examples 

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 unostentatious kindness, there is nobody whom I would fix on more than on Mr. Knightley.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)