Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an indiscreet manner; without prudence or judgment.

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  • adverb In an indiscreet manner.

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  • adverb without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint

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Examples

  • The President gave to Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the Supreme Court, who was going abroad for the summer, a letter which he was "indiscreetly" to show Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Balfour, and two or three other prominent Englishmen.

    Theodore Roosevelt An Intimate Biography Thayer, William R 1919

  • My hands flew up to my cheeks and I remembered those friendly French faces which now flashed before me: the old man on the bike whose smile seemed over-polite the little girl grinning sweetly, ever indiscreetly the young man who said salut (hoot hoot!)

    Escapade 2010

  • My hands flew up to my cheeks and I remembered those friendly French faces which now flashed before me: the old man on the bike whose smile seemed over-polite the little girl grinning sweetly, ever indiscreetly the young man who said salut (hoot hoot!)

    Kindness of strangers 2010

  • So much the better, there is no message that indiscreetly outshouts the message that the book itself must communicate directly, that you must extract from the book, however much or little it may be.

    italo calvino | if on a winter’s night a traveler « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

  • So much the better, there is no message that indiscreetly outshouts the message that the book itself must communicate directly, that you must extract from the book, however much or little it may be.

    August « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

  • So I am not in favor of them rolling out these products indiscreetly.

    China Considers Rules Allowing Risk Hedging 2011

  • Most of the passengers waiting appeared to be rich and stuffy, dressed in designer clothes and indiscreetly staring at one another trying to figure out what he or she does for a living.

    Johnny Jet: Bangkok to Singapore on The Eastern and Oriental Express Johnny Jet 2011

  • One mom who can't quite reconcile Connie's brown skin and black hair with my green-eyed blonde complexion asks indiscreetly, “Peruvian adoption?” to which I simply nod instead of asking, “Fertility treatments?” about the squalling brood in her triple-wide stroller.

    The Uninvited Guest Jane Hammons 2011

  • John and Bill then proceeded to very indiscreetly exchange cocksucking faces across the long stretch of bar.

    Chip's Bar 2010

  • As Pierre Weiss, the IAAF general secretary, indiscreetly termed it: "She is a woman but maybe not 100%."

    Caster Semenya may return to track this month after IAAF clearance 2010

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