Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an intrusive manner; by intrusion.

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  • adverb In an intrusive manner; by intrusion.

Etymologies

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intrusive +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Though cell phones ring intrusively at adjacent tables, pop music plays overhead, and the wait staff breeze back and forth, none of these professionals seems to feel the slightest bit uncomfortable with praying so openly.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • But it's decent enough, and is interesting for the way it draws on various different cultural roots without too much disharmony - the Summer Tree of the title being a particularly good example (Neil Gaiman uses it in American Gods as well, but more intrusively).

    Linkspam for 27-6-2009 mizkit 2009

  • Equally turned off by intrusively moralizing Republicans and tax-and-spend Democrats, independents lurch with the wind.

    Why The Tea Party Should Endorse Gay Marriage 2011

  • Equally turned off by intrusively moralizing Republicans and tax-and-spend Democrats, independents lurch with the wind.

    Why The Tea Party Should Endorse Gay Marriage 2011

  • Once Twitter can find a way of ensuring that it's impossible or, at least, really difficult to avoid the ads then that's when they will start appearing more intrusively.

    Letters to MediaGuardian 2011

  • I did not think it was as good as The Kite Runner; the writing seemed much less spontaneous, the history lessons for the reader intrusively didactic, the plot pretty obvious (and even a bit twee in places).

    Our calculator blew up nwhyte 2010

  • The low-key press conference was attended almost exclusively by Scandinavian journalists who, respectful of Semenya's privacy, were careful not to probe too intrusively into her past.

    Caster Semenya casts fame aside in search of glory on the track 2011

  • Ron Perlman, by contrast, is intrusively grotesque as another murderous monster, though the way he's photographed suggests that it's not his fault.

    'Drive': A Rolls of an Action Film Noir Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • It seems bizarre given that planning/zoning seems to be so intrusively regulated otherwise.

    Matthew Yglesias » By Request: Architecture Policy 2009

  • Further, anything he sees can be used as a wedge to search deeper, farther, and more intrusively.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » 10 Rules for Dealing With Police 2010

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