unobtrusively

Etymology

unobtrusive + -ly

adv

  1. In an unobtrusive manner; in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant.
    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. 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond
    Eudemis moved hastily but as unobtrusively as he could through the gaping crowd[.] 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 40

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