Meaning & use

unobtrusively

adverb·Advanced

In a way that avoids drawing attention to oneself or being noticed.

See it in a sentence

The waiter unobtrusively refilled the glasses without interrupting the dinner conversation.

She slipped unobtrusively into the back row after the lecture had already begun.

A note on using this word

Unobtrusively pairs well with verbs describing careful, low-key actions meant not to interrupt or distract others.

Words with a similar meaning

quietlydiscreetly

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Words with an opposite meaning

conspicuously

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