| Adv. | 1. | discreetly - 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" Antonyms: indiscreetly - without discretion or wisdom or self-restraint; "she inquired indiscreetly after the state of his health" |