The dreamy singing is underlain by unostentatious piano sounds. The Quaker touch was plainly seen in its comfortable, unostentatious furnishings. He also singled out the "serious", "uncomplicated and unostentatious" interiors. He lived an unostentatious life, free of luxuries and excesses. This unostentatious man is Dr. Thomas B. Cooley, child specialist of note. An 1886 profile described him as "an intelligent, entertaining, unostentatious gentleman, a mechanical genius". Chatterton was unostentatious and possessed a quiet and retiring demeanor. In contrast to this aggressive public, Bessie's private life was unostentatious.