- Types Of Speech
- You can use discreetly as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Discreetly
- A 3 syllables adverb and 10 letters with the letters c, d, e, i, l, r, s, t, and y, 7 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters re. Discreetly starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dis, disc, discr, and the ending characters are y, ly, tly, etly, eetly, . Discreetly is also a double vowel (ee) word. View the double vowel words list.
- Definition
- With discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint; "I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this"
- Pig Latin
- Discreetly in Pig Latin is said as "iscreetlyday or iscreetlydway".
- Unigram
- d | i | s | c | r | e | e | t | l | y
- Bigram
- di | is | sc | cr | re | ee | et | tl | ly
- Trigram
- dis | isc | scr | cre | ree | eet | etl | tly
- Quadrigram
- disc | iscr | scre | cree | reet | eetl | etly
- Word Gram
Synonym | Definition |
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Advertently | in a careful deliberate manner |
Artfully | in an artful manner "her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes" |
Astutely | in a shrewd manner "he invested his fortune astutely" |
Cagily | in a cagey manner "`I don''t know yet,'' he answered cagily" |
Cannily | with foresight "more presciently than they superiors, these workers grasped the economic situation" |
Carefully | taking care or paying attention "they watched carefully" |
Cautiously | with caution or prudence or tact "she ventured cautiously downstairs" "they handled the incident with kid gloves" |
Circumspectly | in a cagey manner "`I don''t know yet,'' he answered cagily" |
Cleverly | in a clever manner "they were cleverly arranged" "a smartly managed business" |
Conservatively | in a conservative manner "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000." |
View all cognitive synonyms for Discreetly
Antonym | Definition |
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Indiscreetly | without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint "she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health" |
Anagram | Definition |
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Discreetly | with discretion prudently and with wise self-restraint "I sent for the sergeant of the platoon both men were in and asked him to try to find out discreetly what lay behind this" |
View English words with the unique letters used in discreetly. Words With The Letters Cdeilrsty
Word | Definition |
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Discreet | marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint; "his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace" |
Discreetly Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters