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unthreateningly

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  • adverb In an unthreatening way.

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Examples

  • But the plot traced out by those 53 chapters is unthreateningly simple, and even the narrative, though clearly puffed and tumoured a little in terms of length, is not much longer.

    Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time 1: the Eye of the World (1990) Adam Roberts 2010

  • But the plot traced out by those 53 chapters is unthreateningly simple, and even the narrative, though clearly puffed and tumoured a little in terms of length, is not much longer.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010

  • So much for staying undercover, he thought, sticking out his hand and smiling unthreateningly as he approached the other man.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • He is wearing the goldfish necktie, but it is unthreateningly loose around his neck.

    The Man Who Lives In My Shower 2010

  • So much for staying undercover, he thought, sticking out his hand and smiling unthreateningly as he approached the other man.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • So much for staying undercover, he thought, sticking out his hand and smiling unthreateningly as he approached the other man.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • So much for staying undercover, he thought, sticking out his hand and smiling unthreateningly as he approached the other man.

    THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010

  • You've got a lot of things going for you: you're always smart, a little nerdy, vaguely creative, and enjoyably sarcastic -- but you're doomed to melt whenever you encounter the first unthreateningly quirky Manic Pixie Dream Girl who crosses your path.

    Nate Jones: HuffPost Review: (500) Days of Summer 2009

  • The aesthetics of his campaign are likewise unthreateningly pleasant.

    Teddy Wayne: Goobama: Obama Is the Google Candidate 2008

  • Judging by its performance over Iraq, the CIA would presumably take the prospective picture of your Grace at face value, while unthreateningly stationing an Aircraft Carrier in the Vancouver Gulf there are no military plans to attack Alberta

    when sea serpents fart « raincoaster 2007

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