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1859. E. Fitzgerald, in Shorter, Borrow & His Circle (1913), 359. They are all perfectly quiet, sensible, and unpretentious girls.
1874. Micklethwaite, Mod. Par. Churches, 175. Unpretentious village towers.
1887. Spectator, 26 March, 422/2. The story is quite simple and unpretentious.
Hence Unpretentiously adv., -ness.
1863. Geo. Eliot, Romola, ix. He wore that fortune … easily and unpretentiously.
1867. Sat. Rev., 17 Aug., 228/1. Its entire unpretentiousness of style … and unimaginative narrative.
