All 4 Uses of
discreet
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Scudder: I think I impressed him how important it is to handle this thing discreetly.
Scene 2.1discreetly = in a manner that is unlikely to attract attention or cause embarrassment
- Boss: Discreetly, like you handled that operation you done on my daughter, so discreetly that a hillbilly Heckler is shouting me questions about it wherever I speak?
Scene 2.1
- ...like you handled that operation you done on my daughter, so discreetly that a hillbilly Heckler is shouting me questions about it wherever I speak?
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- [T]he two stags, the old and the young one, face each other, panting, Scudder has discreetly withdrawn to a far end of porch.
Scene 2.1
Definition:
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(discreet as in: discreet--not showy or gossipy) trustworthy with secrets or subtle (not attracting attention)editor's notes: This sense of discreet sometimes indicates that something is small (so as not to attract attention) as in "discreet earrings."