All 3 Uses of
inconspicuous
in
Brave New World
- He slipped into the nearest of them as inconspicuously as he could and prepared to frown at the yet later comers whenever they should arrive.
p. 79..5inconspicuously = in a manner that is not easily noticed
- When the Warden started booming, she had inconspicuously swallowed half a gramme of soma, with the result that she could now sit, serenely not listening, thinking of nothing at all, but with her large blue eyes fixed on the Warden's face in an expression of rapt attention.
p. 101..9
- Awake and having recovered the use of his legs, Bernard had chosen this moment to move as inconspicuously as he could towards the door.
p. 216..1 *
Definition:
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(inconspicuous) not very noticeable -- typically of something that might be of interest, but that blends into the background