Word Meanings - UNOBTRUSIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest. -- Un`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- Un`ob*tru"sive*ness, n.

Related words: (words related to UNOBTRUSIVE)

• MODESTLY
  In a modest manner.
• PRESUMABLE
  Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.
• PRESUMPTUOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being presumptuous.
• PRESUMABLY
  In a presumable manner; by, or according to, presumption.
• MODESTY
  1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit. 2. Natural delicacy
• PRESUMEDLY
  By presumption.
• PRESUMPTION
  1. The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof. 2. Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as,
• PRESUMINGLY
  Confidently; arrogantly.
• PRESUME
  1. To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained. Dare he presume to scorn us in this manner Shak. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton. 2. To take or suppose to be true,
• PRESUMPTIVELY
  By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably.
• PRESUMPTIVE
  1. Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof. 2. Presumptuous; arrogant. Sir T. Browne. Presumptive evidence , that which is derived from circumstances which necessarily or usually attend
• PRESUMPTUOUSLY
  In a presumptuous manner; arrogantly.
• MODEST
  1. Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one's self forward; not obstructive; as, a modest youth; a modest man. 2. Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly
• OBTRUSIVE
  Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. -- Ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- Ob*tru"sive*ness, n. Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired. Milton.
• PRESUMPTUOUS
  1. Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct. A class of presumptuous men, whom age has not made cautious, nor
• PRESUMER
  One who presumes; also, an arrogant person. Sir H. Wotton.
• IMMODESTLY
  In an immodest manner.
• UNOBTRUSIVE
  Not obtrusive; not presuming; modest. -- Un`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- Un`ob*tru"sive*ness, n.
• IMMODESTY
  Want of modesty, delicacy, or decent reserve; indecency. "A piece of immodesty." Pope.
• IMMODEST
  1. Not limited to due bounds; immoderate. 2. Not modest; wanting in the reserve or restraint which decorum and decency require; indecent; indelicate; obscene; lewd; as, immodest persons, behavior, words, pictures, etc. Immodest deeds you hinder
• OVERMODEST
  Modest to excess; bashful. -- O"ver*mod"est*ly, adv.
• INOBTRUSIVE
  Not obtrusive; unobtrusive. -- In`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In`ob*tru"sive*ness, n.