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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
understated
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
understated elegance
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As an actor, Poitier was quite effective in his understated, quietly confident way.
▪ He seemed to do everything with economy and a certain understated style.
▪ If so, I think that shows style: an understated elegance with just a touch of gaudiness.
▪ Now opera has rarely been a naturalistic medium, and never an understated one.
▪ The titles are the most understated thing about these imaginative creations.
▪ There are times when understated architectural solutions like this are the right ones.
▪ There was the boyish enthusiasm and raw speed of Maurice Greene and the quiet, understated professionalism of the unbeatable Michael Johnson.
▪ This understated formal water feature would look sensational nestled in a secret corner of any small garden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
understated

1939, of clothing, fashions, writing, etc., figurative use of the past participle of understate (v.).

Wiktionary
understated
  1. restrained and unpretentious. v

  2. (en-past of: understate)

WordNet
understated

adj. exhibiting restrained good taste; "the room is pleasant and understated" [syn: unostentatious, unpretentious]

Wikipedia
Understated (Edwyn Collins album)

Understated is the eighth solo album by the Scottish singer/songwriter Edwyn Collins, released 25 March 2013 on AED Records.

It reached number 66 in the UK album charts upon its week.

Usage examples of "understated".

Pretty fabrics, porcelain and jade lamps, and the charming country antiques her mother had found added charm, liveliness, understated elegance, and comfort.

Elaine was wearing black velvet pants with a Chinese jacket of blue brocade and looked elegant in an understated way.

It was, as Ehomba put it in his pragmatically understated fashion, now simply a matter of going there.

Negrinus, with a flash of his understated intelligence, looked rueful, as if he knew exactly what I thought.

Verginius Laco, thin, austere and understated, now seemed to be the family leader.

When we had been together, she had been a thin, pale, understated wee thing, with poorly cut mid-brown hair, little or no make-up, and a bad habit of catalogue shopping for clothes.

Like every other invite, the design was understated, the printing was meticulous, and the envelope had her name on it.

Soft clicking testified in understated eloquence to the craftsmanship and deadly precision of another age.

Moments later, it stopped gently in a curving driveway before a gracefully understated jade-stone portico: the sprawling Lordglen House of State.

Crown Prince Leopold exuded an ageless, almost ethereal restraint which, in its own understated manner, stood out like a beacon from all the heavy magnificence of the ornate drawing room.

The single-button chocolate dress suit he wore under his long coat was also understated, but the super-fine material and the tailored cut reeked of money.

Her broad desk was an understated work of art made of real imported blackwood.

His broad shoulders and narrow waist were accentuated by his understated but exceedingly well-cut ankle-length suit coat and knife-edge dress slacks.

Deputy Hanson had already told her about the Smith and Wesson in the glove box, and her understated reprimand was well deserved.

There was a quiet, understated sense of menace in their unwavering self-possession, as though no one and nothing in the world could ever disturb their privileged world.