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		Definition of undemonstrative in English: undemonstrativeadjectiveʌndɪˈmɒnstrətɪvˌəndəˈmɑnstrədɪv (of a person) not tending to express feelings, especially of affection, openly. (人)感情不外露的;矜持寡言的  the English are an undemonstrative lot 英国人属于情感不外露的那类。 Example sentencesExamples -  Mr Keston, a neat, undemonstrative figure in his blue shirt, dark blue jacket, tie and spectacles, will not be taking a radical brush to the Theatre Royal, where any cobwebs have been removed over the past decade.
 -  His leading men are two teenage boys who are so undemonstrative as to be almost catatonic.
 -  Another dancer may be more reserved and hardly smile at all, being more undemonstrative and formal.
 -  A modest, undemonstrative fellow, Shrubb was visibly moved as the crowd ignored the joyless Glasgow weather and offered him a spine-tingling welcome.
 -  Her undemonstrative manner and sober-coloured clothes, all subtle browns and beiges, do not turn heads at our meeting place, a hotel tucked away in a sandy cove in Jersey, where one of the key scenes of Being Julia is being filmed.
 -  These days, after a handshake with this undemonstrative, measured, charming man, you might have a quick check that your arm is still affixed.
 -  I suppose in our undemonstrative way we most commonly describe the condition as a moment of ‘peace and quiet’.
 -  Others will view their emotional control as hard and unfeeling, regarding them as unresponsive to their moods and undemonstrative in romantic affairs.
 -  Socially he was undemonstrative, but he had a dry and perceptive wit, which was a source of considerable amusement to his colleagues and friends.
 -  So we marked our anniversary, of course we did, but we did so in the quiet, undemonstrative, mutually supportive way we tend to do things like that.
 -  However, on Wednesday night the normally undemonstrative boss was obviously delighted with the result.
 -  He is undemonstrative, self-controlled and, in his radio and TV interviews, comes across as a man of sweet reason while answering questions in a deep, well-modulated voice.
 -  He worked for a while in fashion photography, but his shy and undemonstrative personality was not suited to this world, and he concentrated more on very mundane subjects such as plumbing fixtures.
 -  They are classically English: not modest exactly - hardly that - but undemonstrative, reticent, resolutely undramatic.
 -  Normally undemonstrative, Murasaki flung her arms about her father and kissed him soundly.
 -  The Queen is often berated for her old-fashioned image and reserved, undemonstrative approach.
 -  Ever graceful, serene and undemonstrative and always truthful to Mozart her deft passage work, sensitive phrasing and attention to detail showed her to be a true artist.
 -  Both fell in love with a man who had suffered a lonely upbringing by distant and undemonstrative parents.
 -  He is well-known for his quiet, undemonstrative approach to a sport which has served him well since he took over from his father John in 1978.
 -  He was the most undemonstrative of cricketers.
 
 Synonyms unemotional, unaffectionate, impassive, dispassionate self-contained, restrained, reserved, unresponsive, unmoved, unloving, unfriendly, unfeeling, passionless, wooden, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, sober, stiff, reticent, guarded, secretive, close, taciturn, aloof, distant, detached, remote, withdrawn cool, cold, cold-blooded, chilly, frosty, frigid, glacial informal stand-offish, offish 
 Derivativesadverb  It is informed, reflective, undemonstratively devout and confident. Example sentencesExamples -  Calm and undemonstratively poised, the subject is depicted as one who is utterly unassuming in his sense of self.
 -  They're all in tune with the cooking; that's to say that they work hard, diligently, attentively but undemonstratively.
 -  So they simply, undemonstratively let it be known that, though they are not making too much fuss about it, they, too, are victims.
 -  We'd fought a people's war: he now undemonstratively gave us a people's peace.
 
 
 noun  They were puzzled at the undemonstrativeness of the conquered people and thought them strangely sullen. Example sentencesExamples -  This leads to considerable trouble between them, I think due to Anaïs's impatience and Hugo's undemonstrativeness.
 -  After the honeymoon is over, Jane frets so much over Max's undemonstrativeness that she consults the family doctor, to whom she pours out her grievance.
 -  But he still designs solidly conservative programs, he still blends undemonstrativeness with unexpected passion and he still gets his orchestra to play beautifully.
 -  The disadvantage is undemonstrativeness and lack of emotion.
 
 
 
    Definition of undemonstrative in US English: undemonstrativeadjectiveˌəndəˈmänstrədivˌəndəˈmɑnstrədɪv (of a person) not tending to express feelings, especially of affection, openly. (人)感情不外露的;矜持寡言的  John is silent and undemonstrative, like Dad Example sentencesExamples -  He is well-known for his quiet, undemonstrative approach to a sport which has served him well since he took over from his father John in 1978.
 -  Socially he was undemonstrative, but he had a dry and perceptive wit, which was a source of considerable amusement to his colleagues and friends.
 -  Another dancer may be more reserved and hardly smile at all, being more undemonstrative and formal.
 -  However, on Wednesday night the normally undemonstrative boss was obviously delighted with the result.
 -  He is undemonstrative, self-controlled and, in his radio and TV interviews, comes across as a man of sweet reason while answering questions in a deep, well-modulated voice.
 -  Her undemonstrative manner and sober-coloured clothes, all subtle browns and beiges, do not turn heads at our meeting place, a hotel tucked away in a sandy cove in Jersey, where one of the key scenes of Being Julia is being filmed.
 -  The Queen is often berated for her old-fashioned image and reserved, undemonstrative approach.
 -  Others will view their emotional control as hard and unfeeling, regarding them as unresponsive to their moods and undemonstrative in romantic affairs.
 -  He worked for a while in fashion photography, but his shy and undemonstrative personality was not suited to this world, and he concentrated more on very mundane subjects such as plumbing fixtures.
 -  A modest, undemonstrative fellow, Shrubb was visibly moved as the crowd ignored the joyless Glasgow weather and offered him a spine-tingling welcome.
 -  So we marked our anniversary, of course we did, but we did so in the quiet, undemonstrative, mutually supportive way we tend to do things like that.
 -  Ever graceful, serene and undemonstrative and always truthful to Mozart her deft passage work, sensitive phrasing and attention to detail showed her to be a true artist.
 -  Normally undemonstrative, Murasaki flung her arms about her father and kissed him soundly.
 -  These days, after a handshake with this undemonstrative, measured, charming man, you might have a quick check that your arm is still affixed.
 -  I suppose in our undemonstrative way we most commonly describe the condition as a moment of ‘peace and quiet’.
 -  Both fell in love with a man who had suffered a lonely upbringing by distant and undemonstrative parents.
 -  They are classically English: not modest exactly - hardly that - but undemonstrative, reticent, resolutely undramatic.
 -  His leading men are two teenage boys who are so undemonstrative as to be almost catatonic.
 -  Mr Keston, a neat, undemonstrative figure in his blue shirt, dark blue jacket, tie and spectacles, will not be taking a radical brush to the Theatre Royal, where any cobwebs have been removed over the past decade.
 -  He was the most undemonstrative of cricketers.
 
 Synonyms unemotional, unaffectionate, impassive, dispassionate     |