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unabashedly

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[uhn-uh-bash-id-lee] / ˌʌn əˈbæʃ ɪd li /

adverb

  1. without apology, embarrassment, or defensiveness; unashamedly.

    They look at Social Security and Medicare with enormous gratitude, and unabashedly admit that they don't know how they'd survive without that help.

Etymology

Origin of unabashedly

unabashed ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked his 100th day in office on Sunday with a rally to tout early successes and vow to follow through on his unabashedly "socialist" agenda.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The movie is, among other things, very specifically and unabashedly Canadian, and made with evident love for its city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Her joyful, old-school pop songs were deservedly massive last year, pairing classic songcraft with an unabashedly romantic outlook.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

And sure, maybe falling head-over-heels for something so unabashedly beige — so simple, so structurally unseduced by aesthetics — makes me a bit of a try-hard.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

In his autobiography, Morrow wrote that she was the “quintessential geek girl,” unabashedly obsessed with Monty Python, comic books, fantasy novels, and videogames.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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