discreetly

adv
/dᵻˈskritli/US

Etymology

From discreet + -ly.

  1. derived from discrētus
  2. derived from discret
  3. inherited from discrete
  4. suffixed as discreetly — “discreet + ly

Definitions

  1. Acting in a discreet manner

    Acting in a discreet manner; acting in a way that respects privacy or secrecy; quietly

  2. inconspicuously

    • And, placed discreetly among these commonplaces, a few pieces of genuine quality, bizarrely distinguished by craftsmanship from the vulgar products of the machine.
    • A Forest Trail and wild life hides lie 2 miles to the north-east. Blue hares, deer, wild geese, herons and duck can be discreetly observed from the hides.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for discreetly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA