Meaning

The quality of being unflamboyant..

Example Sentences

Both nations respect clarity of line, both styles favor a certain unflamboyance, and both derive from a mixture of the Russian and Italian schools—although the Italian influence is greater in England.

But as she dances, it is obvious that it is her security of technique that allows her to do so many things so elegantly, the so-correct placement, the fine balance, the certain unflamboyance that makes her delicate line a memorable and delightful thing to view.

I was enormously impressed by the great studio and the quiet strength and unflamboyance of Epstein himself.

When [Pete] Seeger won his spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, he stood out at the gala induction ceremony with a characteristically flamboyant act of unflamboyance, leaving the stage without uttering a word.

Now, nearly 20 years later, while other cellars are often seen outperforming the Hamilton Russell wines, those who seek unflamboyance and restraint still regard them as industry classics.

Behn had always associated the bourgeois with age, impotence, miserliness and dreary unflamboyance.

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When Should You Use Unflamboyance?

Use unflamboyance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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