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Definition of Obtrusively
1. Adverb. In an obtrusive manner.
Definition of Obtrusively
1. Adverb. In an obtrusive manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obtrusively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtrusively
Literary usage of Obtrusively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Walter Savage Landor: A Biography by John Forster (1869)
"... been maue in the course of it ; and what I may now permit myself to say of
lus character will he said least obtrusively in connection with this poem. ..."
2. Quincy, Old Braintree, and Merry-Mount by Daniel Munro Wilson (1906)
"Still, "the maritime cast" is not now obtrusively conspicuous. For genuine "old
salts" we resort to the "National Sailors' Home" and to the "Sailors' Snug ..."
3. Historical Essays of Macaulay: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Lord Clive by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Samuel Thurber (1892)
"He had little reason to love the King, and had shown clearly, though not obtrusively,
his dislike of the system which had lately been pursued. ..."
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