Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a discrete manner; separately; individually.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Separately; disjunctively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb As a separate
independent unit.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the old days, social messages were snuck in discretely either for the amusement of the animators or the writers, but in recent years animated features have become more open about the larger messages at play and therefore more challenging thematically.
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In the same way, a woman breastfeeding discretely is no problem at all, but if flesh is exposed then there is a problem.
Bare Your Boobs In The Air! Like You Just Don’t Care! | Her Bad Mother 2008
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That's 1-775-785-6860 to bill this call discretely to your phone.
Raw Story 2010
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That's 1-775-785-6860 to bill this call discretely to your phone.
Raw Story 2010
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That's 1-775-785-6860 to bill this call discretely to your phone.
Raw Story 2010
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That's 1-775-785-6860 to bill this call discretely to your phone.
Raw Story 2010
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That's 1-775-785-6860 to bill this call discretely to your phone.
Raw Story 2010
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Spread the word discretely through your own networks but don't signpost them to the security forces.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Spread the word discretely through your own networks but don't signpost them to the security forces.
doggdot.us 2009
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Though the fact of folks walking up the the edge of the law or breaking it discretely is hardly unique to civil rights.] Sarcastro (Quote)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Bruce Bartlett’s Attack on Libertarianism 2010
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