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Synonyms for obtrusively
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : uhb-troo-siv |
| Phonetic Transcription : əbˈtru sɪv |
Définition of obtrusively
Origin :- 1660s, from Latin obtrus-, past participle stem of obtrudere (see obtrude) + -ive. Related: Obtrusively; obtrusiveness.
- adv obviously
- This Frenchman's mouth was not, however, obtrusively faultless.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Her feet and ankles were obtrusively visible on the foot-rest.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- It is, however, unpleasantly hard and obtrusively anatomical.
- Extract from : « Introduction to Robert Browning » by Hiram Corson
- The furniture was reasonably modern, but not obtrusively so.
- Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- It would probably be a firm or a man not obtrusively English.
- Extract from : « The Double Four » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Angel Alley was decorous—if one might say so, obtrusively decorous.
- Extract from : « A Singular Life » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
- Creation by fiat is not obtrusively or characteristically present.
- Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
- Nowhere were nouveaux riches so obviously new and so obtrusively rich.
- Extract from : « The New Germany » by George Young
- Your critic then talks about ‘obtrusively cheap scholarship.’
- Extract from : « Miscellanies » by Oscar Wilde
- His manner was reticent, reverential, not obtrusively tender.
- Extract from : « The Helpmate » by May Sinclair
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