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Unconventional

adjective

Not conforming to accepted rules or standards.

Not conventional or conformist.

Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention. Synonyms: improper, unlawful. "Improper banking practices"

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"Unconventional" Quotes from Famous Books

... sitting in the rush chair, always looked upon as the young master's, and freely entering into the games or gossip of the farm-servants. He was much amused at the enthusiasm and romance of his new-found friend, who, coming from a populous and uninteresting border country, was charmed by the unconventional ways of the Welsh coast. He threw a glamour of poetry and romance over the most commonplace incidents; and Cardo, to tease him, would often assume a stolid and unimpressionable manner that he was ...

— By Berwen Banks • Allen Raine

... not approved of her views. And having done her best for me at this juncture, saving me from staying alone with Mr. Carruthers, she felt it was all she was called upon to do. She thought my position would become too unconventional for their circle in future! Lady Ver told me all this with great glee. She was sure it would amuse me, it so amused her, but it made me a teeny bit remember the story of ...

— Red Hair • Elinor Glyn

... all your damned conventions—'At Home' scandals and Society calls. These girls of the bush are natural, jolly, unconventional, but not loose. So far and no farther is their attitude to mankind. And they've got an independence of character which knocks you fellows sick when you meet them. They don't want any of these insidious palavers and hollow attentions, and they'll tell a man ...

— The Kangaroo Marines • R. W. Campbell

... Wholly unconventional in nature, caring nothing and knowing little of the extreme ideas of orthodox society on these subjects, the girl Berene and the woman Mrs Irving had lived a life so wholly secluded from the world at large, so absolutely devoid ...

— An Ambitious Man • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... Governor lets you come in that hat," continued Daisy, scornfully eyeing Norburn's unconventional headgear. ...

— Half a Hero - A Novel • Anthony Hope

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