retiringly

The more retiringly Sch�ner behaved, the more obtrusive became Lieutenant Buschmann; he could not accustom himself to the idea that he must retire from so long a siege without success.

He glanced at the number on the nearest door, discovered in which direction the numbers ran and decided that his must be the house conspicuous for its marigold-tinted curtains, standing retiringly in the farthest corner.

Her life   Was music's echo—stealing o'er the soul   Like dying strains, soft and retiringly.