Unobtrusive
[ʌnəb'truːsɪv] or ['ʌnəb'trʊsɪv]
Definition
(adj.) not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable; 'a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial' .
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Definition
(a.) Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Modest, retiring, unostentatious, unpretending, unassuming, not forward.
Editor: Maureen
Definition
adj. not obtrusive or forward.—adv. Unobtru′sively in an unobtrusive or modest manner.—n. Unobtru′siveness state of being unobtrusive: modesty.
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Examples
- She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He stood in her presence brave and bashful: subdued and unobtrusive, yet decided in his purpose and devoted in his ardour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I think we shall have another look at it in an unobtrusive way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Colonel Brandon's delicate, unobtrusive enquiries were never unwelcome to Miss Dashwood. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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