unobtrusively
UK/ˌʌn.əbˈtɹuː.sɪv.li/
unobtrusively adverb: in an unobtrusive manner; in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant.
Adverb
unobtrusively (comparative more unobtrusively, superlative most unobtrusively)
- In an unobtrusive manner; in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant.
- He felt not the slightest doubt in his mind that this was the girl who had written him, and, having given an order to the waiter, he started to study her face as unobtrusively as possible.1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond
- Sometimes she and Miss Baker talked at once, unobtrusively and with a bantering inconsequence that was never quite chatter, that was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire.1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, page 12
- Synonyms:
- inconspicuously, subtly
unobtrusively meaning in Urdu
unobtrusively in Urdu
- خاموشی سے
Examples of unobtrusively in a sentence
- Eudemis moved hastily but as unobtrusively as he could through the gaping crowd[.]1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 40:
- Most of the old fishermen's cottages have been unobtrusively modernised, the harbour is busy with summer yachts, and the sands are superb.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 140, about Cruden Bay:
Synonyms of unobtrusively
Forms of unobtrusively
| comparative | more unobtrusively |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unobtrusively |
Origin of unobtrusively
From unobtrusive + -ly or un- + obtrusively.
Questions about unobtrusively
- What does unobtrusively mean?
- Unobtrusively means in an unobtrusive manner; in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant.
- What is unobtrusively in Urdu?
- Unobtrusively in Urdu is خاموشی سے. See Unobtrusively meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use unobtrusively in a sentence?
- Eudemis moved hastily but as unobtrusively as he could through the gaping crowd[.]
- What part of speech is unobtrusively?
- Unobtrusively is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce unobtrusively?
- Unobtrusively is pronounced /ˌʌn.əbˈtɹuː.sɪv.li/ (UK).
Words near unobtrusively in the dictionary
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