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Unobtrusively
adverb
In an unobtrusive manner; in a manner that is not noticeable or blatant.
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When Cauchetier began taking set photographs in the late 1950s, the job was to stand unobtrusively next to the cameraman, take a quick snap at the end of a scene and make yourself scarce.
The fact that government's workings could easily and unobtrusively be changed was accounted a virtue: Britain escaped the ancestor worship that fixed canons like America's imposed.
What is so unusual about "Tenchu", compared with most games, is that players actually lose points for over-the-top violence; the highest rating is awarded for completing a mission as discreetly and unobtrusively as possible.Another example is "Thief: The Dark Project", a PC game set in a medieval city in which the central character is a cat-burglar called Garrett.
This is mainly because China and India, with their 2.5 billion people, are growing fast and narrowing the gap with rich countries.Fading trumpets of warEconomic growth improves lives unobtrusively.
But the consensus among Japanese is that visions of a future in which immigrant workers live harmoniously and unobtrusively in Japan are pure fancy.
An ad had greatest impact when it was placed unobtrusively at the end of a particularly absorbing article; it had the worst effect when interrupting an interesting article-even if readers were considering buying the product.
English-speaking police will mingle with crowds of fans and try to pick off troublemakers unobtrusively rather than forming a line for the mob to charge at.Police and academics on both sides of the crowd-control debate reckon that the championship will pass off smoothly or at least, that it will witness no more violence than the average English town on the average Saturday night.
The change has been silent because its beneficiaries have gone about transforming countries unobtrusively while enjoying the fruits of success.
But the past is never far away: the faces in museums repeated in the streets.Details illuminate Mr Rodenbeck's cleverly written story: facts are slipped in unobtrusively.
New Jersey's taxes are among the highest in the nation, yet its fiscal position is the most precarious of any state, according to the Citizens Budget Commissionn of New York, which recently ranked all 50 by the affordability of their long-term obligations (their debt plus unfunded pension liabilities).Enter Chris Christie, the new Republican governor, as quietly and unobtrusively as a SWAT team.
Household items attached to the internet will act like servants in "Downton Abbey"—unobtrusively turning the thermostat up or down or politely suggesting that it is time to call the plumber.
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