unobtrusively

Adverb

Meaning

in an unobtrusive manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

inconspicuously simply secretly quietly modestly plainly obscurely confidentially demurely humbly shyly coyly chastely diffidently indecisively
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Antonyms

obtrusively direct coarsely clearly publicly definitely
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Related terms

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Examples

My father also happened to be an intellectual, as learned, literate, informed, and curious as anyone I have known. Unobtrusively and casually, he was my wise and gentle teacher. James Tobin

There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them. Besides, to distrust words, and indict them for the horrors that might slumber unobtrusively within them - isn't this, after all, the true vocation of the intelle. Václav Havel

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively. Sharon Salzberg

Civilization has little to fear from educated people and brain-workers. In them the replacement of religious motives for civilized behaviours by other, secular motives, would proceed unobtrusively.... Sigmund Freud

messengers were moving unobtrusively over the jet-black mountain ranges, bearing confidential tidings from sheikhdom to sheikhdom Source: Internet

An example would be to unobtrusively observe children on a playground (with a videocamera, perhaps) and record the number and types of aggressive actions displayed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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