Adjective: discreet
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | discreeter |
| Superlative | discreetest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more discreet |
| Superlative | most discreet |
Sample Sentences
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With a discreet gesture, she reminded him to mind his manners.
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John just doesn't understand that laughing at Mary all day is not very discreet.
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Just pass me by, don't even speak / Know the word's "discreet" with part-time lovers [1985, Stevie Wonder, “Part-Time Lover”, in In Square Circle:]
Adjectives inflected like discreet
wholsom,
seldom,
scared,
solemn,
silent,
beloved,
uptight,
perfect,
useless,
up-tight,
selfish,
distinct,
discreet,
Dutch,
reckless,
bumfuck,
worthless,
slender,
faithfull,
shallow, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle English discrete, from Old French discret, from Latin discrētus, from past participle of discernere. Doublet of discrete. See: Latin Adjectives '
discrētus'.