unostentatious.

Not displaying wealth, importance or style in a conspicuously showy way.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• unostentatious elegance
• unostentatious manner

On the page

The house’s unostentatious elegance became apparent in the craftsmanship rather than its size.

He greeted the visitors with an unostentatious courtesy that needed no audience.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more unostentatious; superlative most unostentatious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, interpretation, contrast, characterization. Disciplines: prose writing, literary analysis, advanced general English. Commonness: uncommon.