stealthily

American  

[stel-thi-lee] / ˈstɛl θɪ li /

adverb

1. in a way that is secret and quietly careful; furtively or surreptitiously.

   Three shadowed figures could be seen creeping stealthily from the boathouse.

   Orange and black stripes flashed through the trees as the tiger stealthily approached some spotted deer.

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Other Word Forms

• unstealthily adverb

Etymology

Origin of stealthily

stealthy ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Late one afternoon near the end of January 1944, Rolf stepped stealthily into the workshop.

From Literature

Not very stealthily, I sucked in a cooling breath and then swallowed the hot chocolate as fast as I could.

From Literature

Some coding tools, including Cursor, were initially blocked and employees were using them stealthily.

From The Wall Street Journal

Very quietly—just as stealthily as Anastasia had painted her dad's toenail— Sam put his pretzel down.

From Literature

Slowly, stealthily, there stalked out of the reeds a creature as large as a wolf.

From Literature