"unprincessy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unprincessy [comparative], most unprincessy [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + princessy. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|princessy}} un- + princessy Head templates: {{en-adj}} unprincessy (comparative more unprincessy, superlative most unprincessy)
  1. Not princessy. Synonyms: unprincesslike, unprincessly
    Sense id: en-unprincessy-en-adj-6xXGrSDy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-

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          "text": "But Clarke Silvernail is hard to bear as the marquis, Kay Strozzi is the most unprincessy princess that ever walked upon a stage, Carlin Crandall makes a bad and unnecessary part worse by overemphasizing it too much, and the rest are more or less resigned victims of their circumstances.",
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          "ref": "1975, Leslie Tonner, “My Daughter, the Doctor”, in Nothing but the Best: The Luck of the Jewish Princess, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published 1976, page 115",
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          "ref": "1986, Peter Lane, “Introduction”, in Princess Michael of Kent, London: Robert Hale, page 13",
          "text": "But no other Princess has been a wartime refugee fleeing as an infant in a cot from the advancing Russians, a Sydney-educated schoolgirl, a worker, a dependent on her earnings to pay the rent, a Catholic yet a divorcée – the list of unprincessy features is a long one.",
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          "ref": "2017, Emily Herbert, “Fame Awaits”, in Harry & Meghan: The Love Story, London: John Blake Publishing, page 61",
          "text": "Meghan had a bigger role too in her next project, a curiosity called The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down. Originally an award-winning independent film directed by Paul Sapiano in 2006, Sapiano remade it for television, with the same plot and the same title, casting Meghan in one of the leading roles, that of Dana. It was a look at the twenty-something party lifestyle, broken down into episodic chapters and addressing such unprincessy subjects as drugs, clubs, alcohol and one-night stands.",
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