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What is the adjective for discreetly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs discretise and discretize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

discrete
  1. Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.
  2. That can be perceived individually and not as connected to, or part of something else.
  3. (electrical engineering) Having separate electronic components, such as individual resistors and inductors — the opposite of integrated circuitry.
  4. (audio engineering) Having separate and independent channels of audio, as opposed to multiplexed stereo or quadraphonic, or other multi-channel sound.
  5. (topology) Having each singleton subset open: said of a topological space or a topology.
  6. disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “The various modes of motion are quantized, meaning that only certain discrete energy states are possible.”
      “Cutaneous viral warts are discrete benign epithelial proliferations caused by the human papilloma virus.”
      “First, the titin molecule is composed of a discrete number of globular domains and a nonglobular segment.”
discreet
  1. Respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic.
  2. Not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The filmmaker himself is most discreet when it comes to discussing his private life, past and present.”
      “As I said, you need to be discreet with this information, and you'll understand why when I get to the end.”
      “A fine, tasteful piece of neckwear enables a man to make a discreet fashion statement without feeling foolish.”
discretionary
  1. Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “By function and importance, a discretionary decision to grant ultimate relief to a noncitizen is conceptually different from the discretionary decision to reopen a specific case in light of new evidence.”
      “If a court was entitled to look at wide social issues, then really what is being said is that the court's role is a discretionary one.”
      “Other, more general equitable principles might justify the refusal of this discretionary remedy.”
discretive
discretizational
  1. Relating to discretization.
discretional
  1. discretionary
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In essence, it allows the discretional implementation of the regulation depending on corporate requirements.”
      “Ms Fernández has cut the share in total public spending of discretional transfers to provinces and municipalities by half in the past two years.”
      “There should be more discretional powers for the police in the execution of restraining orders.”
discreeter
  1. comparative form of discreet: more discreet
discreetest
  1. superlative form of discreet: most discreet
discretised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of discretise
discretising
  1. present participle of discretise
discretized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of discretize
discretizing
  1. present participle of discretize
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