retiringly

He glanced at the number on the nearest door, discovered in which direction the numbers ran and decided that his must be the house conspicuous for its marigold-tinted curtains, standing retiringly in the farthest corner.

The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Coningsby Dawson 1921

The little woman who sat retiringly at one end of the seat was all in brilliant colors from bonnet to flounce, like a paroquet, red and green predominating.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

The little woman who sat retiringly at one end of the seat was all in brilliant colors from bonnet to flounce, like

Coniston — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

The little woman who sat retiringly at one end of the seat was all in brilliant colors from bonnet to flounce, like a paroquet, red and green predominating.

Coniston — Volume 01 Winston Churchill 1909

There befell no touch of vulgarity; the effect was as retiringly genteel as though the taste providing it belonged to a Howard or a Vere de Vere and based itself upon ten unstained centuries of patricianism.

The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885

He has a grief, there is no question about that; but he is retiringly modest, and at the same time has a stout heart that will admit no one to share with him a burden he has perhaps imposed upon himself.

The Youth of the Great Elector 1843

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(_For now we perceive that this gentle Old Lady so devious in her conversation has a power of self-possession, of which, very retiringly, she avails herself.

Possession A Peep-Show in Paradise Laurence Housman 1912

(_For now we perceive that this gentle Old Lady so devious in her conversation has a power of self-possession, of which, very retiringly, she avails herself.

Angels & Ministers Laurence Housman 1912