discreetly

1. 1.

   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”

   Antonymsindiscreetly

Questions about discreetly

What does discreetly mean?

discreetly means "with discretion; prudently and with wise self-restraint".

How many syllables are in discreetly?

discreetly has 3 syllables: di-screet-ly. The stress falls on "screet". In IPA it is /dɪˈskɹitli/.

What is the opposite of discreetly?

The recorded antonyms are indiscreetly.

Is discreetly a common word?

discreetly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.