Underassertively
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Underassertively is an adverb meaning In an underassertive manner.
Meaning
In an underassertive manner.
Example Sentences
The assertiveness training sessions involved role-playing in a given situation in three ways, viz., underassertively (passively), overassertively (aggressively), and assertively.
Rather, like the medical institutions, and like many American parents around him, he was cautiously — "underassertively," he often says — feeling his way toward alternatives to the old-fashioned techniques.
Some of the most difficult situations for underassertive people involve requests and compliments: — making a request — refusing a request — giving a compliment — accepting a compliment. People who act underassertively may have difficulty asking others for what they want,
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unassertively, nonassertively, understatedly, undiffidently, unexpressively, subduedly.
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