Synonyms for unobtrusive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-uh b-troo-siv
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn əbˈtru sɪv

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Définition of unobtrusive

Origin :
  • from un- (1) + obtrusive. Related: Unobtrusively; unobtrusiveness.
  • adj keeping a low profile
Example sentences :
  • They were quite as anxious for meat--promptly--as anybody, and were as unobtrusive as shadows.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • He left the scene of his daily labours quickly like an unobtrusive shadow.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • And when you do lie awake at night, it is always making its unobtrusive appeal.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • But the comers and goers were all of the most unobtrusive and ordinary cast.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
  • His manners and demeanor were extremely modest and unobtrusive.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • In a quiet, unobtrusive way Bobby was rather proud of himself.
  • Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • The least prominent of public men, the most unobtrusive, the most obscure if not the most modest.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • Elschen at twenty-nine was still very pretty in an unobtrusive way.
  • Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
  • The drama of life does not cease even in the most unobtrusive consciousness.
  • Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
  • So Foyle left Green and his companion to continue their unobtrusive vigil.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

Antonyms for unobtrusive

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