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thnidu ([identity profile] thnidu.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] kgbooklog 2005-07-02 03:07 am (UTC)

Ingrey (who had a wolf soul forced on him in his youth) has been ordered resolve things "discretely".

Make that "discreetly". Quoting Merriam-Webster Online:

discrete.
Function: adjective
1 : constituting a separate entity : individually distinct
2 a : consisting of distinct or unconnected elements : NONCONTINUOUS b : taking on or having a finite or countably infinite number of values <discrete probabilities> <a discrete random variable>
synonym see DISTINCT

discreet.
Function: adjective
1 : having or showing discernment or good judgment in conduct and especially in speech : PRUDENT; especially : capable of preserving prudent silence
2 : UNPRETENTIOUS, MODEST <the warmth and discreet elegance of a civilized home -- Joseph Wechsberg>

-- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian,
Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody
a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel
[This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]

3 : UNOBTRUSIVE, UNNOTICEABLE <followed at a discreet distance>


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