careful in what you say or do, in order to keep sth secret or to avoid causing embarrassment or difficulty for sb
SYNTACTFUL:
He was always very discreet about his love affairs. * You ought to make a few discreet enquiries before you sign anything. * A discreet glance at the clock told me the interview had lasted an hour.
discreetly adverb:
She coughed discreetly to announce her presence.
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WORDFAMILY
discreet adj. (=/= indiscreet)
discretion n. (=/= indiscretion)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for discreet is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is discreet a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, discreet is tagged as adjective.
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