Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Prudently; circumspectly; cautiously; judiciously; with nice judgment of what is best to be done or omitted.
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- adverb Acting in a
discreet manner; one that respectsprivacy orsecrecy ;quietly ;diplomatically . - adverb
Inconspicuously .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint
Etymologies
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Examples
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Forbidden from evangelizing, American Christians who teach English or work in social service agencies in China spread the word discreetly.
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They say the others were driven discreetly from the hospital Friday in the northern mining town of Copiapo without stopping to speak to the hordes of journalists waiting outside.
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They say the others were driven discreetly from the hospital Friday in the northern mining town of Copiapo without stopping to speak to the hordes of journalists waiting outside.
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A dining counter protrudes discreetly from the wall, supported by a single shiny leg.
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He had also agreed to my request to have my name discreetly removed from the cover.
SYNTAGMA 2010
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First, adoptees, as a rule, don't just "show up", they call discreetly, they write letters.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local Jenorama 2010
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First, adoptees, as a rule, don't just "show up", they call discreetly, they write letters.
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Michigan's Liquor Control Commission deemed the beer's colorful label discreetly depicting a nude-beach scene to be "detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of the general public."
National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2009
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After ballasting his ship with silver from the rich Potosi mines, and rifling even the churches, he hastened onward in pursuit of a richly laden galleon nicknamed _Cacafuego_ -- a name discreetly translated _Spitfire_, but which, to repeat a joke that greatly amused Drake's men at the time, it was proposed to change to _Spitsilver_, for when overtaken and captured the vessel yielded 26 tons of silver, 13 chests of pieces of eight, and gold and jewels sufficient to swell the booty to half a million pounds sterling.
A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916
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The hotel had contributed several bottles of nonvintage Czechoslovakian champagne, their labels discreetly hidden by white napkins.
Death of a Gossip Beaton, M. C. 1985
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