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.
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Unobtrusively
//ˌʌn.əbˈtɹuː.sɪv.li//
Synonyms for "unobtrusively" (13 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (4)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (6)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- ненатрапчиво adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
Finnish
2 entries- hienovaraisesti adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- vaatimattomasti adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
French
4 entries- discrètement adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- en cachette adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- en catimini adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- en douce adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
Hungarian
2 entries- diszkréten adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- feltűnés nélkül adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
Italian
2 entries- alla chetichella adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- discretamente adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
Polish
1 entries- dyskretnie adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
Russian
1 entries- ненавязчиво adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
Spanish
4 entries- a la chita callando adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- callandito adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- con reserva adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- de callado adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
Turkish
2 entries- sessiz sedasız adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
- çaktırmadan adv (in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
Eudemis moved hastily but as unobtrusively as he could through the gaping crowd[.]
Source: wiktionary
Most of the old fishermen's cottages have been unobtrusively modernised, the harbour is busy with summer yachts, and the sands are superb.
Source: wiktionary
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