Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of unruffle
adjectiveunruffling (comparative more unruffling, superlative most unruffling)
comparative more unruffling · superlative most unruffling
- Not creating ruffles or stress.
The fire escapes had been transformed into 108-square-foot terraces, and there was a general feeling of understatement and an unusual sense of being in a civilized, unruffling place.
2007 October 28, Suzanne Slesin, “Where Understatement Is the Watchword”, in New York Times
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APA
unruffling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unruffling
MLA
“unruffling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unruffling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unruffling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unruffling.
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