Meaning & use
Inconspicuously
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In a manner that does not attract attention; unobtrusively.
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She slipped inconspicuously through the side door before anyone noticed her leave.
The camera was placed inconspicuously among the bookshelves.
A note on using this word
Formed from 'conspicuous' (Latin conspicere, 'to look at') with the negating prefix 'in-,' so it literally means 'in a not-looked-at way.'
Words with a similar meaning
unobtrusivelydiscreetly
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Words with an opposite meaning
conspicuouslynoticeably
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