unostentatiously
adverb
approvinguk/ʌnˌɒs.tenˈteɪ.ʃəs.li/us/ʌnˌɑː.stənˈteɪ.ʃəs.li/in a way that does notobviouslyshowyourmoney, possessions, orpower, because you are notinterestedin making otherpeoplenoticeoradmireyou:
They are verywealthy, butliverelativelyunostentatiously in asmalltown.
She alwaysdressedunostentatiously, often inblack.
- He was unostentatiouslydressed,consideringhisbackground.
- Hislateryearswerelivedalmostasplainlyand unostentatiously as those he hadspentworkingas aminer.
- Ienteredtherestaurantas unostentatiously as I couldmanage.
- In manycasesshe hadquietlyand unostentatiously givenfood,clothing, andsimilarcomfortsto thepoor.
Plain and ordinary
- as it comesidiom
- austere
- austerely
- austerity
- average Joe
- generalized
- homeliness
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- rife
- run-of-the-mill
- severe
- severely
- simple
- unmounted
- unoriginal
- unremarkable
- well trodden
- workaday