unglamorously
In mundane fashion
In a way that lacks glamour, style, or excitement.
The word often describes mundane realities behind supposedly glamorous situations: She unglamorously scrubbed toilets between auditions.
It can also convey deliberate rejection of polish or pretense: The documentary unglamorously depicts life in the fashion industry.
As standard practice
- ordinarilyIn the usual manner
- prosaicallyIn an unexciting manner
- unremarkablyIn an ordinary manner
- banallyIn an unoriginal manner
humdrum · workaday · everyday · commonplace · pedestrian · unspectacularly · unromantically · matter-of-factly
Lacking decoration or ornament
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
- simplyIn plain terms
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
bare · stark · no-frills · unostentatious · modest · unornamented · chaste · subdued
Without concealment or evasion
- bluntlySpeaking without diplomacy
- franklyWithout concealment or evasion
- directlyWithout intermediary steps
- truthfullyWithout deception or lies
unvarnished · transparently · straightforwardly · realistically · unflinchingly · unfiltered · sincerely · forthright
routinely
As standard practice
- ordinarilyIn the usual manner
- prosaicallyIn an unexciting manner
- unremarkablyIn an ordinary manner
banally · humdrum · workaday · everyday · commonplace · pedestrian · unspectacularly · unromantically · matter-of-factly · practically
unadorned
Lacking decoration or ornament
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
- simplyIn plain terms
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
austere · bare · stark · no-frills · unostentatious · modest · unornamented · chaste · subdued · unassuming
candidly
Without concealment or evasion
- bluntlySpeaking without diplomacy
- franklyWithout concealment or evasion
- directlyWithout intermediary steps
truthfully · unvarnished · transparently · straightforwardly · realistically · unflinchingly · unfiltered · sincerely · forthright · genuinely
unglamorouslyglamorously
In a strikingly attractive manner
dazzlingly · stylishly · elegantly · fashionably · chicly