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[ adverb ] with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

In these readings , the double_bass is either kept discreetly in the background , or it is dressed in clown 's attire - the musical equivalent of a bull_in_a_china_shop .

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