discreetly

discreet | American Dictionary

discreet
adjective
us/dɪˈskrit/
careful not to cause embarrassment or attract a lot of attention:
She hung the laundry on a line in a discreet corner of the yard.
There was a discreet knock on the door.

discreetly

adverbus/dɪˈskrit·li/
Some of Nelle’s acquaintances discreetly suggested she get a divorce.

Examples of discreet

discreet
In modern thought, it is common to see the individual as discreet and atomic, essentially unconnected with those around him.
The monks are joined in congregational fashion very effectively by a group of mixed voices, and discreet organ accompaniment is used in some selections.
Each hypothesis will still correspond to a subset of the possible objects - represented, for example, as the nodes of a discreet tree or graphtheoretic structure.
The resulting motion would not inevitably be a powerful generator of discreet frequency sound.
They range from short reminiscences through to bold polemical statements and on to detailed reconstructions of discreet historical episodes.
The dorsal thalamus, itself, is composed of a number of functionally and anatomically discreet nuclei that reciprocally connect to cortical and subcortical targets.
It was discreet, but could be used in conjunction with more public penances.
The building has a discreet presence on this street.
Quantitative data inevitably focus upon discreet and measurable social events and are collected through simple questions that can be computer coded for statistical analysis.
The conceptual supports the program in a fundamental yet discreet way (it remains at the back).
At the conclusion of a royal funeral, there is always a discreet change of atmosphere as the new monarch is welcomed.
Perhaps the best way of giving some indication of the wide spectrum of popular response is to look at one discreet episode.
All of this would take place with the discreet acceptance of governments that increasingly preferred to block out the windows into the human soul.
It wasn't a discreet, mediated, modified version of human behaviour.
There are no ghoulish eyes here, and the blinding itself, although performed in decisive, violent gestures, is discreet.
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