discreetness

NOUN
  1. subtly skillful handling of a situation
  2. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
    the servants showed great tact and discretion
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How To Use discreetness In A Sentence

  • They knew, they all knew, Jahanara thought, and accepted their discreetness gratefully, for she could not have borne a public proclamation of her plight. Shadow Princess
  • The Regency staff will impress you with their friendliness, discreetness and willingness to provide you with outstanding service.
  • It sometimes slips by in its discreetness, with the mildest distraction.
  • As proof of his discreetness, moss had grown all over the stone houses, with small trees sprouting from the roofs, and poison ivy dangling over the walls to cover up the windows.
  • Modern technologies have further narrowed the parameters of discreetness: Remember those rotary phones with the party lines and the nosy neighbor who would listen in?
  • I apologize for my discreetness, but I did not wish for you to panic.
  • References can be at various levels of discreetness and of discretion.
  • The discreetness in which Mr. Jordan fashions his “fairy tale” film shares moments of magic with the 2003 film In America. Movie Review: Ondine
  • But the discreetness goes beyond what is laid down.
  • The Regency staff will impress you with their friendliness, discreetness and willingness to provide you with outstanding service.
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