The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inconspicuous \In`con*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. inconspicuus. See
In- not, and Conspicuous.]
Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible. --
In`con*spic"u*ous*ly, adv. -- In`con*spic"u*ous*ness, n.
--Boyle.
Wiktionary
adv. In an inconspicuous manner; so as not to attract attention or appear unusual or out of the ordinary.
WordNet
adv. in a manner intended to avoid attracting attention; "he had entered the room inconspicuously" [ant: conspicuously]
Usage examples of "inconspicuously".
The General frantically canceled the Valkyrie alarm and the troops were marched back to their barracks as quickly and as inconspicuously as possible.
Behind him Commodore Sean Braze glowered, his hands behind his back, big shoulders bulging under his tailor-made tunic, a pistol strapped to his hip as inconspicuously as a rattlesnake at a picnic.
He inconspicuously worked one toe under the soft moss, burying his foot to the ankle.
There they visited a native pueblo, a great beehive structure of mud, conoid on conoid, and bought souvenirs--two of which turned out to have "Made in Japan" stamped inconspicuously on them.
Hypercom messages from Terran space freighters to Terran trade offices on alien worlds-inquiries and messages for relay between solar freighters underway-all these had been inconspicuously in progress for 3 days and whoever was listening in from the 'other' side saw in the last transmission of the freighter Eugenio, which stated that the Tigris would arrive on 18 June 2042, only a typical commercial message.
The room reminded Catlin of the Museum of the Asias basement workshop, except for the closed-circuit TV cameras set inconspicuously at opposite corners of the dropped ceiling.
Four of Deymorin's men, inconspicuously dressed and seemingly at ease, had been the first to step free of the forwardmost car.
They passed a gray monitor lizard lounging inconspicuously in the gray dry mud of the bank.
In the feuds of Humes and Heatleys, Cunninghams, Montgomeries, Mures, Ogilvies, and Turnbulls, we find them inconspicuously involved, and apparently getting rather better than they gave.
The pot-boy, meanwhile, had inconspicuously secreted himself at the back.
Inconspicuously dropping his napkin, he had a good look under the tablecloth as he retrieved the napery.
She kept her legs bent sidewards together, and her unfortunately large feet pulled back inconspicuously against her chair.