unassumingly

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The two performances, by Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, are unassumingly superb, and the film serves as a uniquely touching tribute to Hujar, who died of AIDS-related complications at age 53 in 1987.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

For nearly five decades, the record-breaking painting unassumingly adorned the walls of a Norwegian hospital, overlooked and undervalued.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

Like that era’s songwriters and producers, Musgraves is steeped in folk music and seemingly diaristic, but also unassumingly savvy about pop structures and studio possibilities.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Instead, the film depicts people grappling with the untidiness of their emotions through Song’s unassumingly poetic dialogue and luminous imagery.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023

"Good old Joe" we called him, because he was possessed of all the old-fashioned virtues, and unassumingly lived up to them.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry