discretely

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɪˈskritli/ UK /dɪˈskriːtli/ See IPA manual

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adv
in a separate or individually distinct manner

The data were sampled discretely at fixed one-second intervals.

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1 adv · in a separate or... separately distinctly individually discontinuously

Opposites

continuously jointly together

Word family

Related forms discrete discreteness discretion

Etymology

From discrete + -ly; discrete from Latin discretus ('separated, distinct'), past participle of discernere ('to distinguish'), from dis- ('apart') + cernere ('to sift').

discretus Latin cernere Latin

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# discretely

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** dɪˈskritli
**IPA (UK):** dɪˈskriːtli

## Meanings
1. in a separate or individually distinct manner

## Examples
- The data were sampled discretely at fixed one-second intervals.

## Synonyms
- separately
- distinctly
- individually
- discontinuously

## Antonyms
- continuously
- jointly
- together

## Related Forms
- discrete
- discreteness
- discretion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: discretus
- Root: cernere

## Etymology
From discrete + -ly; discrete from Latin discretus ('separated, distinct'), past participle of discernere ('to distinguish'), from dis- ('apart') + cernere ('to sift').

## AI Etymology
Discretely comes from discrete + -ly; discrete from Latin discretus ('separated, distinct'), past participle of discernere ('to distinguish'), from dis- ('apart') + cernere ('to sift'). The etymological trail includes Latin discretus and Latin cernere. As an adverb, discretely means in a separate or individually distinct manner. The same family is visible in related forms such as discrete, discreteness, and discretion. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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