Antonyms for unobtrusively
Grammar : Adv |
Spell : uhn-uh b-troo-siv |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn əbˈtru sɪv |
Definition of unobtrusively
Origin :- from un- (1) + obtrusive. Related: Unobtrusively; unobtrusiveness.
- As in quietly : adv discreetly
- As in modestly : adv in a modest manner
- As in obscurely : adv dimly
- Evadna freed herself as unobtrusively as possible, and looked at him with wide eyes.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Unobtrusively offered,—tendered with a due delicacy and reserve?
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- De Spain unobtrusively spurred his steed to greater activity.
- Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
- I was sent here to build this bit of a railroad quietly and unobtrusively.
- Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day
- For a minute he watched her unobtrusively, and wondered why the life had gone out of her.
- Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
- She slipped in as unobtrusively as possible and no one saw her.
- Extract from : « The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson » by Nellie van De Grift Sanchez
- So no wonder he betook himself away as quickly and as unobtrusively as possible.
- Extract from : « Patsy » by S. R. Crockett
- Out of doors, all playing was to be carried on unobtrusively.
- Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
- We went as unobtrusively as we could to the Castle; and entered, I think, unobserved.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of the Sea » by Bram Stoker
- She ate little, and that so unobtrusively, I used to wonder if she ate at all.
- Extract from : « Miss Primrose » by Roy Rolfe Gilson
Synonyms for unobtrusively
- bashfully
- chastely
- confidentially
- conservatively
- covertly
- darkly
- demurely
- diffidently
- dingily
- dully
- duskily
- gloomily
- hazily
- humbly
- indecisively
- indefinably
- indefinitely
- indistinctly
- nebulously
- off the record
- plainly
- privately
- purely
- quietly
- retiringly
- secretly
- shyly
- simply
- tenebrously
- thickly
- unassumingly
- unobtrusively
- unofficially
- unpresumptuously
- unpretentiously
- vaguely
- virtuously
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