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unaˈssertive, a. (un-1 7.)
1861Dickens Gt. Expect. lvii, He would sit and talk to me..in the old unassertive protecting way. 1882Ch. Q. Rev. Apr. 140 Unanxious and unassertive, where certainty fails it.
Add: Hence unaˈssertively adv.; unaˈssertiveness n.
1934Webster Unassertiveness. 1981Ld. Harewood Tongs & Bones x. 172 The deep roots of loyalty that David Webster unassertively commanded. 1983Financial Times 27 Sept. i. 12/3 Some at least of the extreme dramatic unassertiveness of the performance can be put down to nerves. |