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- adverb Without
aggression .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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
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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
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Naitachal seated himself on one of the benches, folding his hands comfortably, and unaggressively, on his lap.
Prison Of Souls Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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