unaggressively love

Definitions

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  • adverb Without aggression.

Etymologies

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unaggressive +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • We were driving most unaggressively across a small plaza, with a driver and a friend on the box beside him to help keep us from harm, when a trolley-car came wildly round a corner at the speed of at least two miles an hour and crossed our track.

    Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

  • It was there, in the comfortable middle-sized room furnished with unaggressively expensive modern sofas, with glass-topped end tables and stained-glass Tiffany lamps, that I had first met my clients, Linda and Rachel Ferns.

    Come To Grief Francis, Dick 1995

  • It was there, in the comfortable middle-sized room furnished with unaggressively expensive modern sofas, with glass-topped end tables and stained-glass Tiffany lamps, that I had first met my clients, Linda and Rachel Ferns.

    Come To Grief Francis, Dick 1995

  • Naitachal seated himself on one of the benches, folding his hands comfortably, and unaggressively, on his lap.

    Prison Of Souls Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • He unaggressively, quietly, slowly and without pressure asked me questions for almost an hour, sorting out what I'd done, what I knew, how I felt about taking ultimate powers of decision over trainers who were older than myself, how I felt about dealing with the racing authorities, what I'd learnt about book-keeping, banking and money markets, whether I could evaluate veterinarian and nutritive advice.

    Twice shy Francis, Dick, 1920- 1981

  • But they made it clear, quite unaggressively, that the real point was to go alone.

    Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Maud Diver 1906

  • We were driving most unaggressively across a small plaza, with a driver and a friend on the box beside him to help keep us from harm, when a trolley-car came wildly round a corner at the speed of at least two miles an hour and crossed our track.

    Familiar Spanish Travels William Dean Howells 1878

  • We had many improving conversations, by which I profited more than he; and he impressed me, like Englishmen of every class, as standing steadfastly but unaggressively upon the rights of his station.

    London Films William Dean Howells 1878

  • Harold Howe, the club doorman and the only direct eyewitness, told a jury in 1986 that Willis was approaching Cain slowly and unaggressively in the alley.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Tracey Tyler 2011

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