obtrusively, adv.
(əbˈtruːsɪvlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an obtrusive manner; so as to obtrude.
| 1817 Coleridge Biog. Lit. I. x. 191, I have seen gross intolerance shewn in support of tolerance; sectarian antipathy most obtrusively displayed. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. x. II. 646 His advice was never asked, and, when obtrusively and importunately offered, was coldly received. 1853 C. Brontë Villette vii, One or two gentlemen glanced at me occasionally, but none stared obtrusively. 1875 Cornh. Mag. Jan. 78 The ‘Vision of Sir Launfal’..is perhaps rather too obtrusively didactic. |