unassuming

[ uhn-uh-soo-ming ]

/ ˌʌn əˈsu mɪŋ /

modest; unpretentious.

Origin of unassuming

First recorded in 1720–30; un-¹ + assuming

un·as·sum·ing·ly, adverb un·as·sum·ing·ness, noun

That evening found Selwood, quietly and unassumingly attired, examining the purlieus of Soho.

The Herapath Property |J. S. Fletcher
These virtues he wore modestly and unassumingly as an accustomed garment.

The Forest |Stewart Edward White
Unless you sat across the tea-table from him and now and then, while he quietly and unassumingly talked, met his eyes.

Aurora the Magnificent |Gertrude Hall
He unassumingly disposed himself for a stay, examined the backs of several books, and acted altogether as if he were at home.

The Song of Songs |Hermann Sudermann

"Good old Joe" we called him, because he was possessed of all the old-fashioned virtues, and unassumingly lived up to them.

Tramping on Life |Harry Kemp

unassuming

/ (ˌʌnəˈsjuːmɪŋ) /

modest or unpretentious

unassumingly, adverb unassumingness, noun