Word: discreetly
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...solemn, strong, sober; as a leader he is cool, discreet, able. In politics he is a staunch Unionist, and an unbending Imperialist, has "no foolish fastidiousness about democratic principles." As an orator he is a failure, but as a man of action he is "a national asset." Two un-Irish features stand out in his physiognomy and character; he has an egg-shaped head with eyes deep set and far apart; he is "an Irishman without a sense of humor...
Recitals of chamber music are usually serious functions, attended by serious souls, with cultured dignity at heart. Generally there is only discreet applause; high enthusiasm is taboo, also encores...
...Hunter says that the big Christian leaders sidestep such questions. And the young minister does not know whether he should be discreet and get a good job, or whether he should follow his conscience boldly and get into trouble...
...socially prominent "angel" and man of mystery, John Mitchell; the dark and debonnaire South American cave man, Guimares; the tragic mother, Mrs. Keenan; the crafty sleuths hot on the scent of the blackmailing murderer; the poor, humiliated wife in Palm Beach; or even the colored maid, Billie Bradford, discreet and loyal confidant of the white beauty and her "important" lover...
...Denby, however, is not as discreet. His "professional pryer--in" (the roles are reversed) is forced to witness the horror of rhyming "ethics" with "anaesthetics!" Then, very decently, he succumbs...