discreetly

Definitions of discreetly
  1. adverb
    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”
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    antonyms:
    indiscreetly
    without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint
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