unfussily

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Etymology[edit]

unfussy +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

unfussily (comparative more unfussily, superlative most unfussily)

  1. In an unfussy way; without fuss.
    • 2007 January 17, Charles Isherwood, “Echoes of Grief and Loss, Modulated by Humor”, in New York Times[1]:
      While this production, starring a softly radiant Kate Burton as the mercurial Madame Ranevskaya, does place a subtle emphasis on the tragedy in her past — the death of her young son some five years before the play begins — the teddy bear was a bit of a red herring, as it were. Mr. Martin’s “Cherry Orchard,” presented in a clean new adaptation by the playwright Richard Nelson, is brisk, unfussily funny and steeped in just enough emotion to give it a gloss of tender feeling without drowning it in teardrops.

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