unfussily en · ADV
Etymology
From unfussy + -ly.
Meanings
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In an unfussy way; without fuss.
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.
2007 January 17, Charles Isherwood, “Echoes of Grief and Loss, Modulated by Humor”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unfussily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unfussily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |