Unobtrusive

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unobtrusive \Un`ob*tru"sive\, a.
     Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest. -- {Un`ob*tru"sive*ly},
     adv. -- {Un`ob*tru"sive*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  unobtrusive
       adj : not obtrusive or undesirably noticeable; "a quiet,
             unobtrusive life of self-denial" [syn: {unnoticeable}]
             [ant: {obtrusive}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "unobtrusive":
     Attic, aesthetic, artistic, back-door, backstairs, chaste, choice,
     clandestine, classic, covert, excellent, feline, furtive, hidlings,
     hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, humble, in good taste, meek,
     modest, of choice, of quality, pleasing, privy, pure, quiet,
     restrained, shifty, simple, skulking, slinking, slinky, sly,
     sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, subdued, surreptitious, tasteful,
     tasty, unaffected, unambitious, unaspiring, unassuming, unboastful,
     under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover, underground,
     underhand, underhanded, understated, unimposing, unostentatious,
     unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unpretentious,
     well-chosen