| 释义 | unostentatiously adverb
 approvinguk /ʌnˌɒs.tenˈteɪ.ʃəs.li/ us /ʌnˌɑː.stənˈteɪ.ʃəs.li/
 in a way that does not obviously show your money, possessions, or power, because you are not interested in making other people notice or admire you:
 They are very wealthy, but live relatively unostentatiously in a small town.
 She always dressed unostentatiously, often in black.
 He was unostentatiously dressed, considering his background.
 His later years were lived almost as plainly and unostentatiously as those he had spent working as a miner.
 I entered the restaurant as unostentatiously as I could manage.
 In many cases she had quietly and unostentatiously given food, clothing, and similar comforts to the poor.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Plain and ordinary
 as it comesidiom
 austere
 austerely
 austerity
 average Joe
 homespun
 homey
 humble
 humdrum
 middle-of-the-road
 something/nothing to shout aboutidiom
 sparely
 spartan
 stale
 starkly
 unornamented
 unostentatious
 unpainted
 unremarkable
 unremarkably
 
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