英语词汇“discreetly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

discreetly

释义

discreetly, adv.|dɪˈskriːtlɪ|
[f. discreet + -ly².]
In a discreet manner; with discretion; prudently; with self-regarding prudence.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 25 Wysely and discretely thei departed hir levynge in two.c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 170 Crist askes two þinges of þin almes, þat þou do it in hys name, and also discretly.1494Fabyan Chron. i. vi. 12 Hauynge possession of the sayd Ile, Wele and discretly she ruled it.1526–34Tindale Mark xii. 34 Iesus sawe that he answered discretly.1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. i. 247 Vse your manners discreetly in all kinds of companies.1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. (1729) 201 Flowers of that class should be discreetly prun'd, where they mat too thick.1775Johnson Tax. no Tyr. 79, I could wish it more discreetly uttered.1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 7 He never counted truth a treasure to be discreetly hidden in a napkin.1891E. Peacock N. Brendon I. 32 Ellen remained discreetly silent.

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