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adj. lacking knowledge gained by study often in a particular field; "is unstudied in Latin as he is in may other matters"

familiar, unstudied

adj. "lectured in a familiar style"

unstudied, uncontrived

adj. not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm"

unstudied, effortless

adj. "careless grace"

received

adj. widely accepted as true or worthy; "a received moral idea"; "Received political wisdom says not; surveys show otherwise"- Economist

accustomed

adj. (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to; "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face"

ceremonious, conventional

adj. rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

conventional

adj. following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"

affable, amiable, cordial, genial

adj. diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host"

commonplace

adj. completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"

pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound

adj. lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"

cliched, ready-made

adj. repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"

friendly

adj. easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"

common, vernacular, vulgar

adj. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"

matter-of-fact, prosaic

adj. not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"

guileless, honest

adj. free from guile; "his answer was simple and honest"

naive

adj. inexperienced

knockabout

adj. suitable for rough use; "a knockabout overcoat"; "a knockabout old car"

folksy

adj. very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a folksy style"

free-and-easy, casual

adj. natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"

unceremonious, unceremonial

adj. without ceremony or formality; "an unceremonious speech"

casual, chance(a)

adj. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

ad hoc

adj. often improvised or impromptu; "an ad hoc committee meeting"

offhand, offhanded

adj. casually thoughtless or inconsiderate; "an offhand manner"; "she treated most men with offhand contempt"

unexpected

adj. not planned; "an unexpected pregnancy"

casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory

adj. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy

adj. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"

studied

adj. produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington

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