discreet
/dɪˈskɹiːt/ adjective C1- Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic. · With a discreet gesture, she reminded him to mind his manners.· John just doesn't understand that laughing at Mary all day is not very discreet.
- Not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous.
Comparative discreeter · Superlative discreetest
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Diana preserved a discreet silence, but she and Anne exchanged furtive smiles of guilty amusement across the table.
I rapidly overtook it, and then, keeping at a discreet distance of a hundred yards or so, I followed its lights until we were clear of the town.
In the dining-room she had been demure and discreet.
It is a large supposition; for discreet inquiry among servants and others has failed to corroborate it in any way.
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