About The Word Discreet
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Discreet
Discreet Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Discreet?
[adj] marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint; "his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace"
[adj] heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor" [adj] unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence" Synonyms | Synonyms for Discreet: circumspect | discerning | modest | prudent | restrained | tactful | unostentatious Related Terms | Find terms related to Discreet: aloof | backward | bashful | blank | calculating | canny | careful | cautious | chary | chilled | chilly | circumspect | close | closemouthed | cold | considerate | constrained | controlled | cool | dark | deliberate | detached | diplomatic | discriminating | discriminative | distant | dry | enlightened | evasive | expressionless | forbidding | frigid | frosty | gingerly | guarded | heedful | hesitant | icy | impassive | impersonal | inaccessible | introverted | judgmatic | judicial | judicious | leaving out nothing | mindful | moderate | modest | noncommittal | offish | Olympian | on guard | overlooking no possibility | pawky | politic | provident | prudent | prudential | reasonable | reflecting | reflective | regardful | remote | removed | repressed | reserved | restrained | reticent | retiring | safe | secret | secretive | shifty | shrinking | simple | slow to act | standoff | standoffish | subdued | suppressed | tactful | temperate | tentative | thorough | thoughtful | unadorned | unadventurous | unaffable | unapproachable | uncommunicative | uncongenial | undaring | undemonstrative | unelaborate | unenterprising | unexcessive | unexpansive | unextreme | ungenial | unostentatious | unprecipitate | unpretentious | wary | watchful | well-advised | well-judged | withdrawn See Also | Discreet In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*creet"\, a. [Compar. {Discreeter}; superl.
{Discreetest}.] [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence
the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See
{Discern}, and cf. {Discrete}.]
1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or
evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent;
sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.
It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the
learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation,
and gives measures to society. --Addison.
Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run
amuck, and tilt at all I meet. --Pope.
The sea is silent, the sea is discreet.
--Longfellow.
2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- {Dis*creet"ly},
adv. -- {Dis*creet"ness}, n.
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