Synonyms for inconspicuously


Grammar : Adv
Spell : in-kuhn-spik-yoo-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kənˈspɪk yu əs


Définition of inconspicuously

Origin :
  • 1620s, "invisible," from Late Latin inconspicuus, from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + Latin conspicuus (see conspicuous). Weakened sense of "not readily seen or noticed" first recorded 1828. Related: Inconspicuously; inconspicuousness.
  • adv unobtrusively
Example sentences :
  • We must go through life so inconspicuously that Fate does not notice us.
  • Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • Inconspicuously I stepped into the Argonaut and up the stairs to Blythe's room.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • It was small and inconspicuously placed, but its interest was overwhelming.
  • Extract from : « It Pays to Smile » by Nina Wilcox Putnam
  • Women should dress quietly and inconspicuously when traveling.
  • Extract from : « Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 » by Lillian Eichler Watson
  • As usual, it had begun quite harmlessly and inconspicuously.
  • Extract from : « Banzai! » by Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff
  • Nowhere that I have been to in the world does the land fade into the sea so inconspicuously.
  • Extract from : « Hills and the Sea » by H. Belloc
  • His father died quietly and inconspicuously at Thanksgiving.
  • Extract from : « This Side of Paradise » by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Inconspicuously, he worked his hand down through the sand bottom of the prison.
  • Extract from : « Operation Terror » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • I had to evolve some scheme, and evolve it rapidly, how we might drop most inconspicuously into the world across the water.
  • Extract from : « Tono Bungay » by H. G. Wells
  • I pictured opening and shutting him in the berth of a sleeping car; then quietly, inconspicuously, and virulently, I kicked him.
  • Extract from : « The Joys of Being a Woman » by Winifred Kirkland

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