| 释义 |
unpreˈtendingly, adv.
[un-1 11; cf. prec.]
1. Without pretence; genuinely.
1828Moore in Mem. V. 264 It is impossible for a royal personage to be more naturally and unpretendingly unaffected.
2. Without pretension; unassumingly.
1855Card. Wiseman Fabiola 359 Miriam would follow up, humbly and unpretendingly,..the instructions given by the holy Dionysius. 1859W. Collins Q. of Hearts I. iv. 99 These narratives were written plainly and unpretendingly. |