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Discreet

adjective

(compar. discreeter; superl. discreetest)

Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint. "A discreet, finely wrought gold necklace"

Unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic. Synonym: discerning. "A discreet silence"

Heedful of potential consequences. Synonym: circumspect. "Physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use" , "A discreet investor"

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"Discreet" Quotes from Famous Books

... will see that their time is well paid. Find out if there are any men who have special influence with their fellows, and secure them on our side. Promise them what they will; the Syssite will spend money like water to carry its object. Be discreet, Malchus; when you have lit the fire, and see that it is well on its ...

— The Young Carthaginian - A Story of The Times of Hannibal • G.A. Henty

... king's court when they come in to buy a dagger or to have a piece of armour repaired, I could not follow their talk one with another. We must obtain someone who can speak their language well, and who can be trusted to be discreet and silent. Why, were it but whispered abroad that some Normans are plotting against the life of the king, there would be so angry a stir that every Norman in the land might be hunted down and slain. Do not go down to ...

— Wulf the Saxon - A Story of the Norman Conquest • G. A. Henty

... citizens of Hillsborough, in the days before the war, none were more genial or more popular than Little Compton. He was popular with all classes, with old and with young, with whites and with blacks. He was sober, discreet, sympathetic, and generous. He was neither handsome nor magnetic. He was awkward and somewhat bashful, but his manners and his conversation had the rare merit of spontaneity. His sallow face was unrelieved by either ...

— Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches • Joel Chandler Harris

... attains the sober and discreet age of forty years, he naturally and logically thinks he has earned, and is entitled to, an exemption from the petty teasing to which sophomores and sentimentalists are subjected. While I gratefully appreciate the compliment implied in your forgetfulness, permit to remind ...

— Vashti - or, Until Death Us Do Part • Augusta J. Evans Wilson

... went through the preliminaries of calling the Association to order. She was tactful and discreet. Landis, to whom public speaking was a coveted opportunity, immediately arose and moved forward to the front of the room where she could face her audience. She carried her head and shoulders unusually erect. Her clear, decisive manner of speaking indicated that she believed ...

— Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall • Jean K. Baird

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