unflamboyant
adjective
un·flam·boy·ant
ˌən-flam-ˈbȯi-ənt 
: not showy or ostentatious : not flamboyant
a modest, unflamboyant style of dress
unflamboyantly
adverb
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Gray-haired, unflamboyant, provincial, the very definition of keep-calm-and-carry-on, Mrs. May seemed to be exactly what England wanted.
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CBS News, 9 Dec. 2020
Gray-haired, unflamboyant, provincial, the very definition of keep-calm-and-carry-on, Mrs. May seemed to be exactly what England wanted.
—Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 7 June 2017
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“Unflamboyant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unflamboyant. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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