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PRONUNCIATION OF UNASSERTIVELY

unassertively  [ˌʌnəˈsɜːtɪvlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNASSERTIVELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unassertively is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES UNASSERTIVELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unassertively in the English dictionary

The definition of unassertively in the dictionary is in an unassertive manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNASSERTIVELY


abortively
əˈbɔːtɪvlɪ
alternatively
ɔːlˈtɜːnətɪvlɪ
assertively
əˈsɜːtɪvlɪ
collectively
kəˈlektɪvlɪ
concretively
kənˈkriːtɪvlɪ
constitutively
ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːtɪvlɪ
discretively
dɪsˈkriːtɪvlɪ
effectively
ɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ
expletively
ɪkˈspliːtɪvlɪ
furtively
ˈfɜːtɪvlɪ
inductively
ɪnˈdʌktɪvlɪ
institutively
ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːtɪvlɪ
negatively
ˈneɡətɪvlɪ
positively
ˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
relatively
ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ
respectively
rɪˈspɛktɪvlɪ
self-assertively
ˌsɛlfəˈsɜːtɪvlɪ
sportively
ˈspɔːtɪvlɪ
substitutively
ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːtɪvlɪ
supportively
səˈpɔːtɪvlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNASSERTIVELY

unassailability
unassailable
unassailableness
unassailably
unassailed
unassayed
unassembled
unassertive
unassignable
unassigned
unassimilable
unassimilated
unassisted
unassistedly
unassisting
unassociated
unassuageable
unassuaged
unassumed
unassuming

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNASSERTIVELY

actively
aggressively
collaboratively
comparatively
competitively
comprehensively
creatively
cumulatively
excessively
exclusively
extensively
intuitively
lively
lovely
massively
objectively
progressively
qualitatively
quantitatively
successively
tentatively

Synonyms and antonyms of unassertively in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unassertively» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNASSERTIVELY

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unassertively
1,325 millions of speakers

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unassertively
570 millions of speakers

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unassertively
510 millions of speakers

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unassertively
380 millions of speakers
ar

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unassertively
280 millions of speakers

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unassertively
278 millions of speakers

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unassertively
270 millions of speakers

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unassertively
260 millions of speakers

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unassertively
220 millions of speakers

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Secara tidak rasmi
190 millions of speakers

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unassertively
180 millions of speakers

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unassertively
130 millions of speakers

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unassertively
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyegah
85 millions of speakers
vi

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unassertively
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unassertively
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निर्हेतुकपणे
75 millions of speakers

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unassertively
70 millions of speakers

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unassertively
65 millions of speakers

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unassertively
50 millions of speakers

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unassertively
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unassertively
30 millions of speakers
el

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unassertively
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unassertively
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unassertively
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unassertively
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unassertively

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNASSERTIVELY»

The term «unassertively» is used very little and occupies the 154.986 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNASSERTIVELY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unassertively

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNASSERTIVELY»

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1
Human Factors in Project Management: Concepts, Tools, and ...
When we face conflict, we basically have a natural preference for reacting assertively or unassertively. Rationals and Artisans tend to react quickly and assertively, while Guardians and Idealists likely behave unassertively. In extreme situations ...
Wong, 2010
2
The Philosophy of Music: Theme and Variations
Emerging, as so often with this composer, unassertively from silence, the initial hushed figures for strings prepare the way for the first appearance of a violin motif — Cynara herself, surely — which haunts the work throughout. And then, and ...
Aaron Ridley, 2004
3
Crossing Points: Modern Caribbean, African and Asian Short ...
cried another unassertively dressed man, who now looked strangely animated and bold. 'Yes! Hand it back!' 'Back! Back with the wallet. Hand back the wallet!' The wallet was snatched back from the thief and thrust into the unmoving hands of ...
Mike Royston, 1999
4
Social Psychology Alive
The researchers asked participants to recall and describe either 6 times they had acted assertively, 12 times they had acted assertively, 6 times they had acted unassertively, or 12 times they had acted unassertively. Pilot testing had shown ...
Steven Breckler, James Olson, Elizabeth Wiggins, 2005
5
An Invitation to Cognitive Science: Thinking
10.5.2 Qualifying the Implications of Recalled Content Suppose that you are asked to describe six examples of situations in which you behaved assertively and felt at ease, or six examples of situations in which you behaved unassertively and ...
Daniel N. Osherson, Edward E. Smith, Lila R. Gleitman, 1995
6
The Paradoxical Brain
(1991, Experiment 1) manipulated the number of examples that people had to generate about one of two types of behaviour – acting assertively or unassertively. Subjects recalled either 6 or 12 examples of situations in which they behaved ...
Narinder Kapur, 2011
7
Feminist Approaches to Art Therapy
How did they feel when they were behaving assertively and unassertively? What enabled them to stand their ground or put their needs forward? What prevented them from doing so? The first thing that struck the group when they had come ...
Susan Hogan, 1997
8
Procurement Strategies: A Relationship-based Approach
Compliance behaviour can be assertively resisted, that is with pretence at accommodation of the needs with possible covert or overt sabotage. Conversely it may be unassertively resisted where the concerns of others are grudgingly accepted, ...
Derek Walker, Keith Hampson, 2008
9
The Cambridge CAE Course: Self-study student's book
4 Note down two past occasions when you behaved unassertively and two current situations in which you react/behave unassertively. Discuss them with a classmate, speculating on the reasons for your behaviour. Listening 1 You will hear an ...
Mary Spratt, Lynda B. Taylor, 2000
10
Coping with Personal and Social High Risk Factors Pamphlet
When you resist social pressure, you can do so in three ways: unassertively, aggressively, and assertively. O When you let others push you around or act as if you have no right to hold a different opinion, you are behaving unassertively.
Alan Cooper, Ph.D.

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNASSERTIVELY»

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'Summit fever' can make leaders delusional, selfish: K Ramkumar …
Arlene Blum, climber and team leader on Annapurna, unassertively acceded to the obstinate insistence of three team members to take a shot at the summit, ... «Economic Times, Mar 15»
2
Classical CDs Weekly: Jürg Frey, Janáček, Trio Mediaeval
It's head-scratchingly strange, but unassertively wonderful; as much meditation aid as music. And then there's pianist, alone (2), Frey's sequel. Heard after the ... «The Arts Desk, Jan 15»
3
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Garsington Opera
William Lacey conducts it here deftly and unassertively, allowing the singers room to focus on the daunting vocal challenges it pitches. None of them muffs the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 13»
4
“Reconversão”: Eduardo Souto de Moura en Situ
A straightforward, unassertively harmonious catalogue of Souto de Moura's various projects, mostly in and around Porto, but realized and un-, livened by ... «ARTINFO, Jan 13»
5
Pretty Formidable in Pink
... more abundant display by Jacqui Smith, the new British home secretary, and her complaint seemed to be that Clinton was showing too little, too unassertively. «Washington Post, Jul 07»

REFERENCE
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