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discreetly

disc·reetly

US/dᵻˈskritli/ uncommon

adverb

1.

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”
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Origin

From discreet + -ly.

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