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Synonyms for obtrusively


Grammar : Adv
Spell : uhb-troo-siv
Phonetic Transcription : əbˈtru sɪv



Définition of obtrusively

Origin :
  • 1660s, from Latin obtrus-, past participle stem of obtrudere (see obtrude) + -ive. Related: Obtrusively; obtrusiveness.
  • adv obviously
Example sentences :
  • This Frenchman's mouth was not, however, obtrusively faultless.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Her feet and ankles were obtrusively visible on the foot-rest.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • It is, however, unpleasantly hard and obtrusively anatomical.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to Robert Browning » by Hiram Corson
  • The furniture was reasonably modern, but not obtrusively so.
  • Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • It would probably be a firm or a man not obtrusively English.
  • Extract from : « The Double Four » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Angel Alley was decorous—if one might say so, obtrusively decorous.
  • Extract from : « A Singular Life » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
  • Creation by fiat is not obtrusively or characteristically present.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
  • Nowhere were nouveaux riches so obviously new and so obtrusively rich.
  • Extract from : « The New Germany » by George Young
  • Your critic then talks about ‘obtrusively cheap scholarship.’
  • Extract from : « Miscellanies » by Oscar Wilde
  • His manner was reticent, reverential, not obtrusively tender.
  • Extract from : « The Helpmate » by May Sinclair

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