un-ostentatious

comparative more un-ostentatious · superlative most un-ostentatious

1. rareRare form of unostentatious.

   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?

   1753 (indicated as 1754), [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXI. Lady Grandison, To Mrs. Shirley.”, in The History of Sir Charles Grandison. […], 2nd edition, volume VI, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by C. Hitch and L. Hawes, […], →OCLC, page 299

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   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.

   1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 155

   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.

   1827 December, “[Review of Books.] Voyage d’Orenbourg à Boukhara, fait en 1820, à travers les Steppes qui s’étendent à l’ Est de la Mer d’ Aral et au-dela de l’ancien Jaxartes. Redigé par M. le Baron Georges de Meyendorff, et revu par M. le Chevalier Amedee Jaubert. […]”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, volume XXIV, number 144, page 748