unobtrusively
/ˌʌn.əbˈtɹuː.sɪv.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an unobtrusive manner; in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant.
Example Sentences
- "He felt not the slightest doubt in his mind that this was the girl who had written him, and, having given an order to the waiter, he started to study her face as unobtrusively as possible."
- "Sometimes she and Miss Baker talked at once, unobtrusively and with a bantering inconsequence that was never quite chatter, that was as cool as their white dresses and their impersonal eyes in the absence of all desire."
- "Eudemis moved hastily but as unobtrusively as he could through the gaping crowd[.]"
- "Most of the old fishermen's cottages have been unobtrusively modernised, the harbour is busy with summer yachts, and the sands are superb."
Etymology
From unobtrusive + -ly or un- + obtrusively.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌʌn.əbˈtɹuː.sɪv.li/
- British English: /ˌʌn.əbˈtɹuː.sɪv.li/
Inflected Forms
more unobtrusively (comparative)
most unobtrusively (superlative)