discreet

2 definitions • 4 examples

careful not to cause embarrassment or attract too much attention, especially by keeping something secret:

The family made discreet enquiries about his background.

They are very good assistants, very discreet - they wouldn't go talking to the press.

careful not to cause embarrassment or attract a lot of attention:

She hung the laundry on a line in a discreet corner of the yard.

There was a discreet knock on the door.