Literary notes about unabashedly (AI summary)
The term "unabashedly" functions as an emphatic adverb that enhances a speaker’s forthrightness and assertiveness in various narrative contexts. It is often used to underscore a character's willing audacity or unabated candor in revealing their thoughts or actions, as seen when a narrator delivers a particularly risqué wink [1] or when a character openly expresses admiration without remorse [2]. In dialogue, the word punctuates statements to reveal both confidence and a touch of irreverence, whether it's in recounting a personal story at a hacker conference [3] or in volunteering boasts about past exploits [4]. Furthermore, it lends a formal and sometimes self-referential tone to pronouncements of acquaintance or confession [5] and [6], while also providing a vehicle for ironic commentary on societal expectations [7].