unasking

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English

Etymology 1

From un- +‎ asking.

Adjective

unasking (comparative more unasking, superlative most unasking)

  1. Not making demands.
    • 1901, Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons:
      I know now there should have been no higher beatitude than to live in the presence of an unselfish, unasking, vital love.
    • 1914, Harriet T. Comstock, The Place Beyond the Winds:
      Only the great, tender soul was visible to her; the unasking, the kind spirit.

Etymology 2

Verb

unasking

  1. present participle and gerund of unask