unassertiveadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnəˈsəːtɪv/, U.S.

/ˌənəˈsərdɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, assertive adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + assertive adj.

(un- prefix¹ 1.)

ΚΠ

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations lvii, in All Year Round 27 July 411/1 He would sit and talk to me..in the old unassertive protecting way.

1882 Church Q. Rev. Apr. 140 Unanxious and unassertive, where certainty fails it.

Draft additions 1993

unaˈssertively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb]

lowlyc1350

demurelyc1400

lowlily1415

simplyc1430

murely1474

littlya1500

modestly1569

unpretendingly1701

unambitiously1746

meeverly1757

unpresumptuously1758

unostentatiously1771

unconceitedly1812

unpretentiously1852

unassertively1981

1981 Ld. Harewood Tongs & Bones x. 172 The deep roots of loyalty that David Webster unassertively commanded.

unaˈssertiveness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun]

simplesse1340

methec1390

simplenessc1400

demurity1483

demureness?1518

modestness1546

modesty1553

unaspiringness1681

unpretendingness1701

unassumingness1768

unostentatiousness1807

unpresumingness1837

unpretentiousness1855

unassertiveness1934

1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Unassertiveness.

1983 Financial Times 27 Sept. i. 12/3 Some at least of the extreme dramatic unassertiveness of the performance can be put down to nerves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unassertive
释义	unassertiveadj. Brit. /ˌʌnəˈsəːtɪv/, U.S. /ˌənəˈsərdɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, assertive adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + assertive adj. (un- prefix¹ 1.) ΚΠ 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations lvii, in All Year Round 27 July 411/1 He would sit and talk to me..in the old unassertive protecting way. 1882 Church Q. Rev. Apr. 140 Unanxious and unassertive, where certainty fails it. Draft additions 1993 unaˈssertively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb] lowlyc1350 demurelyc1400 lowlily1415 simplyc1430 murely1474 littlya1500 modestly1569 unpretendingly1701 unambitiously1746 meeverly1757 unpresumptuously1758 unostentatiously1771 unconceitedly1812 unpretentiously1852 unassertively1981 1981 Ld. Harewood Tongs & Bones x. 172 The deep roots of loyalty that David Webster unassertively commanded. unaˈssertiveness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [noun] simplesse1340 methec1390 simplenessc1400 demurity1483 demureness?1518 modestness1546 modesty1553 unaspiringness1681 unpretendingness1701 unassumingness1768 unostentatiousness1807 unpresumingness1837 unpretentiousness1855 unassertiveness1934 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Unassertiveness. 1983 Financial Times 27 Sept. i. 12/3 Some at least of the extreme dramatic unassertiveness of the performance can be put down to nerves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1861
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