unobtrusivelyadv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnəbˈtruːsᵻvli/, U.S.

/ˌənəbˈtrusᵻvli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unobtrusive adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < unobtrusive adj. + -ly suffix². Compare later obtrusively adv.

Not obtrusively; inconspicuously; discreetly.

ΘΚΠ

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

without noisea1393

unobtrusively1788

1788 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis iii. 35 Unobtrusively sweet, every cadence runs o'er.

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. xiii. 358 The most unobtrusively gay..of almost any young creature I ever beheld.

1852 W. Collins Basil ii. i He was dressed as unobtrusively as possible, entirely in black.

1884 C. T. Saunders in Law Times 25 Oct. 412/2 The abolition of primogeniture was..unobtrusively proposed.

1915 F. Legge Forerunners of Christianity II. xiii. 279 The worship of Mithras came into the Roman world unobtrusively.

1955 A. L. Rowse Diary 12 July (2003) 247 The detective walking round unobtrusively, never leaving him out of eyesight.

2012 J. Tomsky Heads in Beds i. 11 I studied Mr. Daniels as he circulated the party, all conversation politely cutting off when he unobtrusively joined a group.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unobtrusively
释义	unobtrusivelyadv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnəbˈtruːsᵻvli/, U.S. /ˌənəbˈtrusᵻvli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unobtrusive adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < unobtrusive adj. + -ly suffix². Compare later obtrusively adv. Not obtrusively; inconspicuously; discreetly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb] > unobtrusively without noisea1393 unobtrusively1788 1788 ‘A. Pasquin’ Children of Thespis iii. 35 Unobtrusively sweet, every cadence runs o'er. 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. ii. xiii. 358 The most unobtrusively gay..of almost any young creature I ever beheld. 1852 W. Collins Basil ii. i He was dressed as unobtrusively as possible, entirely in black. 1884 C. T. Saunders in Law Times 25 Oct. 412/2 The abolition of primogeniture was..unobtrusively proposed. 1915 F. Legge Forerunners of Christianity II. xiii. 279 The worship of Mithras came into the Roman world unobtrusively. 1955 A. L. Rowse Diary 12 July (2003) 247 The detective walking round unobtrusively, never leaving him out of eyesight. 2012 J. Tomsky Heads in Beds i. 11 I studied Mr. Daniels as he circulated the party, all conversation politely cutting off when he unobtrusively joined a group. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1788
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