discretely
2
4.8
- adverb
- /dɪsˈkriːtli/
:
discretamente
- Each time any student in the class displayed a target behavior, the teacher discretely placed a tally mark under that behavior.
- discretely placed
Examples
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The third is his signature, but it is easy to miss, discretely placed at the lower right.
Academic text (1990) -
Tucked discretely away in the small village of Banon is one of the largest libraries in France.
Blog text (30) -
I'll pass it around, very discretely, of course, given the circumstances.
Fiction book (2000) -
I know, sir, and I was gonna escort him off the premises, but I thought you might want to handle it a little more discretely.
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One way of approaching women, for example, is first to discretely circle the gathering.
Academic text (2000) -
The teacher was, however, responsible for discretely placing the item in the envelope before the intervention began each day.
Academic text (2014) -
There are a few firms out there that can take care of Wikipedia problems discretely.
Blog text (4) -
The two groups may exert influence in opposition to each other, and thus must be examined discretely, rather than indiscriminately.
Academic text (2015) -
But hand-wringing aside, caregiving has yet to be placed clearly and discretely on the political agenda of the United States.
Academic text (1990) -
The teacher discretely placed the exam papers in the students' desks before the test began.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not together because of distance, time or different homes
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2.1
Each person does it alone rather than together
136
2.5
Happening one at a time and not with others
5
4.6
One at a time rather than in a group
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Discretely comes from the prefix dis- meaning 'apart' and the root discrete meaning 'separate'. So, to do something discretely is to do it 'in separate parts' or 'individually' rather than all at once.