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unobviously

unobviously adverb: in a way that is not obvious.

Adverb

unobviously (comparative more unobviously, superlative most unobviously)

  1. In a way that is not obvious.
    • I took a firm grip of Josella's hand, and we started to worm our way along as unobviously as possible.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 80
    • As I have already indicated, however, there is reason to think that at least some of the principles that Kant takes to be synthetic a priori are instead unobviously analytic, and so I shall assume that if Kant shows that a principle associated with one of his categories is unobviously analytic...2004, Georges Dicker, Kant's Theory of Knowledge: An Analytical Introduction, page 49

Forms of unobviously

comparativemore unobviously
superlativemost unobviously

Origin of unobviously

From unobvious + -ly.

Questions about unobviously

What does unobviously mean?
Unobviously means in a way that is not obvious.
What part of speech is unobviously?
Unobviously is an adverb.

Words near unobviously in the dictionary

  1. unobtunded
  2. unobturated
  3. unobtuse
  4. unobviated
  5. unobvious
  6. unobviously
  7. unobviousness
  8. unoccasional
  9. unoccasioned
  10. unoccidental
  11. unoccluded

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