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Unobtrusive definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNOBTRU'SIVE, a. Not obtrusive; not forward; modest.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable; "a quiet, unobtrusive life of self-denial" [syn: unobtrusive, unnoticeable] [ant: noticeable, obtrusive]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1743 not obtrusive ; not blatant, arresting, or aggressive ; inconspicuous • unobtrusively adverb • unobtrusiveness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not making oneself or itself noticed. Derivatives: unobtrusively adv. unobtrusiveness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unobtrusive Un`ob*tru"sive, a. Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest. -- Un`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- Un`ob*tru"sive*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe something or someone as unobtrusive, you mean that they are not easily noticed or do not draw attention to themselves. (FORMAL) The coffee-table is glass, to be as unobtrusive as possible... ? conspicuous ADJ • unobtrusively They slipped away unobtrusively... ADV: usu ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Modest, retiring, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious, unassuming.

Moby Thesaurus

Attic, aesthetic, artistic, back-door, backstairs, chaste, choice, clandestine, classic, covert, excellent, feline, furtive, hidlings, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, humble, in good taste, meek, modest, of choice, of quality, pleasing, privy, pure, quiet, restrained, shifty, simple, skulking, slinking, slinky, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, subdued, surreptitious, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, unambitious, unaspiring, unassuming, unboastful, under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, understated, unimposing, unostentatious, unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unpretentious, well-chosen