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- adverb in a manner which is not
self-conscious
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- adverb in a comfortable unselfconscious manner
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Examples
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Most of the adults present were dancing unselfconsciously, meaning that we were able to bequeath our best moves to our son before he got too old to know any better.
British Blogs 2009
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It was the sort of thing that inspires people to unselfconsciously refer to the country as a "Republic" because it sounds more profound.
HUFFPOST HILL - Reverend Al And Tim Geithner -- Of Course! Eliot Nelson 2011
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This queasy climate is making men think twice about things they used to do unselfconsciously.
Eek! A Male! Lenore Skenazy 2011
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In these paintings the women seem so peaceful and seem to be enjoying the outdoors so unselfconsciously.
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There's virtually no question that seems to stump her—from the identifications of the photos populating the walls, to famous guests who visited or stayed at Val-Kill, to the year the pool, where, in one photo, FDR basked unselfconsciously in swim trucks, his useless legs arrayed before him, was closed: 1971.
First Lady, First-Hand Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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I imagine I'll then smile, at last unselfconsciously, as I wordlessly witness the weightless Mystery.
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One can unselfconsciously describe this year's lineup as cutting edge, admitting frontrunners in realms as diverse as chillwave (Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti) analogue synth voyaging (Oneohtrix Point Never), and Syrian dance music (Omar Souleyman).
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Free from national ambitions, the city, which has morphed into Germany's equivalent of Silicon Valley, now feels consciously international—or perhaps unselfconsciously post-German.
Conducting a Transfer of Power J.S. Marcus 2011
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When Khan shows up in San Francisco to join his younger brother, who left India as an undergraduate, he is unselfconsciously shepherded around town by his sister-in-law, an academic who favors the kind of severe Muslim Brotherhood-chic headscarf that doesn't reveal a single strand of hair.
The Accidental Terrorist Sadanand Dhume 2010
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When Khan shows up in San Francisco to join his younger brother, who left India as an undergraduate, he is unselfconsciously shepherded around town by his sister-in-law, an academic who favors the kind of severe Muslim Brotherhood-chic headscarf that doesn't reveal a single strand of hair.
The Accidental Terrorist Sadanand Dhume 2010
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