unpresumptuouslyadv.
/ˌʌnprᵻˈzʌm(p)tʃʊəsli/, /ˌʌnprᵻˈzʌm(p)ʃəsli/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈzəm(p)(t)ʃ(əw)əsli/ In an unpresumptuous manner; without presumption; unassumingly, humbly, solicitously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb]
lowlyc1350
demurelyc1400
lowlily1415
simplyc1430
murely1474
littlya1500
modestly1569
unpretendingly1701
unambitiously1746
meeverly1757
unpresumptuously1758
unostentatiously1771
unconceitedly1812
unpretentiously1852
unassertively1981
1758 J. Macpherson Highlander v. 57 The Hero, rising from his lofty seat, Thus unpresumptuously accosts the great.
1815 S. C. Thatcher Apol. Rational & Evangelical Christianity 10 We hope we may put in a humble claim to the name of christians; and may unpresumptuously say with the apostle, [etc.].
1850 W. Anderson Regeneration 262 Such a state of mind..is sometimes..attained to unpresumptuously and legitimately.
1903 G. W. Rusden Shakespeare iii. 387 How unaffectedly, with confidence, yet unpresumptuously, does the Countess of Rousillon commend the function of prayer.
1960 Bks. Abroad 34 139/1 This is an unpresumptuously written story.
2004 D. Felsenfeld Ives & Copland 77 Copland unpresumptuously all but plays prophet with this dangerous set of pitches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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