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unobtrusiveness

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un·ob·tru·sive  (nb-trsv)
adj.
Not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
unob·trusive·ly adv.
unob·trusive·ness n.
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Noun1.unobtrusiveness - the quality of not sticking out in an unwelcome way
inconspicuousness - the quality of being not easily seen
obtrusiveness - an unwelcome conspicuousness


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But here, Elinor could neither wonder nor blame; and when she saw, as she assisted Marianne from the carriage, that she had been crying, she saw only an emotion too natural in itself to raise any thing less tender than pity, and in its unobtrusiveness entitled to praise.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
At a sufficiently delicate sign, the police gathered round the large man to lead him away; but their unobtrusiveness was somewhat staggered by the remarkable appearance of Father Brown, who was on his hands and knees on the carpet in the doorway, as if engaged in some kind of undignified prayers.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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