non-assertive

• “In Birds and Beasts, Douglas compiles a witty assemblage of myths, anecdotes, literary asides and the occasional recipe, such as one for an appetizing ragout of wild boar served [with] a single non-assertive vegetable, an account that echoes his close friendship with food writer Elizabeth David.”

  No Reserve Auction for Bibliophiles

• “Mama, on the other hand, was a non-assuming, non-assertive woman, but, on this day, she openly disagreed with the good doctor.”

  Simon & Schuster: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Mom

• “Fiction is “hyper-assertive rather than non-assertive,” he said, able to make “stronger, more universalizable” claims than reliably “factual” discourses like history and philosophy.1”

  The authority to comment

• “In a gentle and non-assertive way without any harassing motivations at all.”

  Helmet Hair

• “``Any'' occurs in non-assertive contexts, like negatives and conditionals.”

  What if Hillary Clinton had to apologize for Bill?

• “This was a new kind of good news indeed, a way of thinking and speaking about the world was, well, non-assertive.”

  Going With The Grain

• “One day I came across Stafford's book Allegiances and was at once taken with the way in which his quiet, non-assertive, meditative poems seemed to gather resonance as they moved forward.”

  Toeing the Line

• “And I told Alex, I think it was, how I didn't think Jess and I could ever really get along because she was so assertive and I was so non-assertive (I'm not sure what the word is).”

  superhero99 Diary Entry

• “If you play a game to avoid penalties, then you play a non-assertive game.”

  NHL - National Hockey League - San Jose vs. Pittsburgh

• “Old Man Plumm was a non-assertive person, and good-natured.”

  Scattergood Baines

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