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Definition: Unobtrusively |
UnobtrusivelyAdverb1. In an unobtrusive manner; "messengers were moving unobtrusively over the jet-black mountain ranges, bearing confidential tidings from sheikhdom to sheikhdom". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unobtrusively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references) |
| Antonym: obtrusively (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unobtrusively |
| English words defined with "unobtrusively": discerning, discreet ♦ sidle, slide, slither. (references) |
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Health | Because some club drugs are colorless, tasteless, and odorless, they can be added unobtrusively to beverages by individuals who want to intoxicate or sedate others. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unobtrusively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 97.94% of the time. "Unobtrusively" is used about 97 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 97.94% | 95 | 33,629 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.06% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 97 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unobtrusively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 不"突地. (various references) | ||||
German | unauffällig (inconspicuous, modestly, nondescript, unobtrusive, without attracting attention). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | tartózkodóan (guardedly, reservedly, shyly), szerényen (humbly, lowly, meekly, of modest means), feltűnés nélkül, diszkréten (secretly, tactfully). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 겸손하게 (modestly). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | obtrusivelyunay | ||||
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"Unobtrusively" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unobtrusiveley, unobtrusivley. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-n-o-r-s-t-u-u-v-y" | |
-2 letters: obtrusively, unobtrusive, venturously. | |
-3 letters: nebulosity, subroutine, virtuously. | |
-4 letters: botulinus, enviously, involutes, nervosity, nervously, obtrusive, outliners, outlivers, overbuilt, revulsion, routinely, ruinously, tenuously, unruliest, venturous, verbosity, vulturine. | |
-5 letters: bistoury, blistery, blousier, blustery, bornites, botulins, bounties, bouviers, bovinely, brulyies, bryonies, burliest, burnouts, burstone, bustline, butyrins, butyrous, byliners, elutions, elytrous, evulsion, insulter, investor, involute, nebulous, nitrosyl, novelist, nubilose. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 6F 62 74 72 75 73 69 76 65 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. --- -... - .-. ..- ... .. ...- . .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01101111 01100010 01110100 01110010 01110101 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n o b t r u s i v e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 006F 0062 0074 0072 0075 0073 0069 0076 0065 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55808168868487857588717891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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