discreet
adjective
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carefully, shrewdly, intelligently, judiciously, sensibly, warily, delicately, thoroughly, laboriously, gingerly, faithfully, deliberately, correctly, fully, scrupulously, precisely, rigorously, anxiously, conscientiously, meticulouslyExamples from the Web for discreetly
Contemporary Examples of discreetly
The traffic agent was kind enough to direct Sarah discreetly to a closed-off street running behind the arena.
The novel also has a second gay character, in the form many are familiar with—the wise, kind, but discreetly gay uncle.
Popular Novelist Ken Follett Is a Slightly Unlikely and Certainly Unsung Gay IconWilliam O’Connor
October 1, 2014
Still, Samore added that on two occasions the Russians had discreetly warned Assad about using the weapons.
"Correa has been discreetly making gestures to come closer to Western powers," Palacio says.
So far Elisabeth has managed to discreetly distance herself from the train crash at the newspapers.
Historical Examples of discreetly
Whereupon Bandy-legs discreetly allowed Max to pass him also.
With Trapper Jim in the North WoodsLawrence J. Leslie
Mr. Bentham discreetly ignored the covert threat in Wrayson's words.
The AvengerE. Phillips Oppenheim
I questioned when I should once have discreetly inclined the head and held my peace.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
Since that day she had grumbled about him again, but discreetly, with a certain vagueness.
A Spirit in PrisonRobert Hichens
But Mathieu, keeping his promise to Constance, discreetly began his researches.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola