Synonyms for retiringly
- humbly
- plainly
- quietly
- simply
- bashfully
- chastely
- demurely
- diffidently
- purely
- shyly
- unassumingly
- unobtrusively
- unpresumptuously
- unpretentiously
- virtuously
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WORD ORIGIN
1580s, "departing, retreating," present participle adjective from retire (v.). Also "fond of retiring, disposed to seclusion," hence "unobtrusive, modest, subdued" (1766).
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