Definition of "understated" []

• Exhibiting restrained good taste: "The waiting room is comfortable and understated” ( Tony Schwartz). (adjective)

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• "I guess the term understated or subdued (SP?) seems to fit."
• "Like her father, Ms. Cheney speaks in understated, almost academic cadences, head veering down into her notes."
• "PESCA: And there was Coach Bob Bradley, a man for whom the word understated is an understatement, positively emoting."