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UK
/stˈɛlθi/
]
[ US /ˈstɛɫθi/ ]
[ US /ˈstɛɫθi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
a sneak attack
stealthy footsteps
a surreptitious glance at his watch
a furtive manner
How To Use stealthy In A Sentence
- I stayed there for three days, until the snow began to melt, dripping in stealthy drops from my little roof.
- They provide cover for a patrol against small arms fire and allow stealthy movement through hostile territory. Times, Sunday Times
- He was on his serene, almost stealthy way. The Sun
- Back in the '70s, I attended college (state school) as a journalism/theater/film major, and since then, I've always kind of harbored a stealthy dream that I could have had a career in journalism. Will Durst: If I Were a Journalist I Would Pimp-Slap Condoleezza Rice
- One extreme is to take your time to plan, be stealthy and sneak around in the dark to avoid all confrontation.
- The stealthy ship had arrived on the planet several hours before, undetected by the Planetary Defense Grid.
- The stealthy footsteps of a cat crept down the edge of the lane and slunk away behind a stack of barrels.
- He left the path along the water and stole under the trees, along the deep shadow of little plantations, where the boughs of chestnut trees hung their great leaves low, and there was blacker refuge, shaping his course in circles which had for their object a stealthy inspection of chairs side by side, against tree-trunks, of enlaced lovers, who stirred at his approach. The Man of Property
- We thought we heard the stealthy crunch of a boat beaching at midnight and footsteps climbing the cliff path.
- Guiromélans senses more than hears Balen's stealthy footsteps beneath the tables.