Associations to the word «Discreetly»

Wiktionary

DISCREETLY, adverb. Acting in a discreet manner; one that respects privacy or secrecy; quietly; diplomatically.
DISCREETLY, adverb. Inconspicuously.

Dictionary definition

DISCREETLY, adverb. With discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint; "I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope