Synonyms for stealthily
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : stel-thee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɛl θi |
Top 10 synonyms for stealthily
- behind closed doors
- behind someone's back
- by stealth
- confidentially
- cunningly
- foxily
- hush-hush
- in camera
- in confidence
- in holes and corners
- in secret
- in strict confidence
- insidiously
- intelligently
- intimately
- obscurely
- on the QT
- on the quiet
- on the sly
- privily
- secretly
- shiftily
- slyly
- sub rosa
- sub-rosa
- under cover
- under the table
- under wraps
- undercover
- underhandedly
- unobserved
- wildcat
Définition of stealthily
Origin :- c.1600, from stealth + -y (2). Related: Stealthily; stealthiness.
- As in secretly : adv in hidden manner
- As in slyly : adv cleverly
- As in surreptitiously : adv clandestinely
- As in clandestinely : adv secretly
- As in covertly : adv clandestine, underhandedly
- Stealthily she rose to a stooping position at the boat's side.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- The Viceroy was stealthily reaching for the sun-tube dangling from his belt.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- So I turned, and went as swiftly and stealthily as possible towards the library.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- Already he was moving quickly, stealthily, towards the door.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini
- He groped 125 stealthily behind him and found the door catch.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- Lyttleton had stolen the jewels: what else had he carried so stealthily down to the beach?
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
- "You had better slip down into my stateroom now," I said, moving off stealthily.
- Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad
- She removed her hands from her face and looked at him stealthily.
- Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
- “You had better slip down into my stateroom now,” I said, moving off stealthily.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- Puma stopped and looked at him stealthily: “What is it you would do, Elmer?”
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
Antonyms for stealthily
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