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unassuming
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The Idiot
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- Added to this, his manner was modest and unassuming; he knew when to be silent, yet never allowed himself to be trampled upon.†
Chpt 3.1 *unassuming = humble
- Far from this; Varvara Ardalionovna did not marry until she felt convinced that her future husband was unassuming, agreeable, almost cultured, and that nothing on earth would tempt him to a really dishonourable deed.†
Chpt 4.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(unassuming) humble -- not arrogant, showy, or self-important
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)