underassertively
Definitions
In an underassertive manner.
Examples
“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⟳,”
“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.”
“The assertiveness training sessions involved role-playing in a given situation in three ways, viz., underassertively (passively), overassertively (aggressively), and assertively.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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