discretely

Example Sentences

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As it ought to be, the interior is spectacular, with traditional eyeball vents and chromed organ-pull dampers sharing space with discretely deployed digital displays and other modern conveniences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But, said the ex-navy official, you could also convert another small boat to do the job more discretely.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Rather than discretely framed, his altered photograph is printed on a vinyl panel applied like wallpaper spreading 8 feet high and 19 feet wide, above the wainscoting of the gallery wall.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

Thankfully, that awkward scene is discretely filmed in this otherwise maximalist production.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025

Von Tschermak had been a graduate student at Halle and in Ghent, where, working on pea hybrids, he had also observed hereditary traits moving independently and discretely, like particles, across generations of hybrids.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee