inobtrusiveadj.
/ɪnɒbˈtruːsɪv/ rare.
Not obtrusive, unobtrusive; modest, retiring.
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the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] > unobtrusive
unobtrusive1743
inobtrusive1796
unintruding1796
discreet1878
low-profile1988
1796 S. T. Coleridge Refl. Place Retirem. 23 The inobtrusive song of Happiness.
1804 Parr in Bentham's Wks. (1838–43) X. 417/2 He is a very inobtrusive, enlightened..prelate.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. on Shakespeare (1875) 211 Note the inobtrusive..mode of introducing the main character.
Derivatives
inobˈtrusively adv. in an inobtrusive manner.
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1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Inobtrusively, see Unobtrusively. Inobtrusiveness, see Unobtrusiveness.
inobˈtrusiveness n.
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1847*inobtrusiveness [see inobtrusively adv.].
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