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obtrusively

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ob·tru·sive  (b-trsv, -zv, b-)
adj.
1. Thrusting out; protruding: an obtrusive rock formation.
2. Tending to push self-assertively forward; brash: a spoiled child's obtrusive behavior.
3. Undesirably noticeable: an obtrusive scar.
[From Latin obtrsus, past participle of obtrdere, to obtrude; see obtrude.]
ob·trusive·ly adv.
ob·trusive·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.obtrusively - in an obtrusive manner
unobtrusively - in an unobtrusive manner; "messengers were moving unobtrusively over the jet-black mountain ranges, bearing confidential tidings from sheikhdom to sheikhdom"
Translations
obtrusively [əbˈtruːsɪvlɪ] ADV [do sth] → de(una)forma que resulta molesta
obtrusively
adv → (zu) auffällig; smell → penetrant
obtrusively [əbˈtruːsɪvlɪ] adv → in modo invadente
obtrusively [əbˈtruːsɪvlɪ] adv → in modo invadente


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To employ such license at all obtrusively is, no doubt, grotesque; but in any mode of poetic diction there must be moderation.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Kitty and Levin would be of the party, and that this might not be obtrusively evident, there would be a girl cousin too, and young Shtcherbatsky, and la piece de resistance among the guests--Sergey Koznishev and Alexey Alexandrovitch.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
There, were many whose shillings had gone into his pocket to buy him meat and drink; but none who were now obtrusively Hail fellow well met
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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