Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice. See Synonyms at secret.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Acting by stealth; sly; secretive in act or manner; employing concealed methods: as, a stealthy foe; characterized by concealment; furtive: as, a stealthy proceeding; a stealthy movement.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
Examples
“My neighbor snowmobiles and a couple years ago had an encounter where the wolves had killed a deer on the trail and did not seem very afraid at all when they took off within sight. (and how stealthy is a group of snowmobiles?)”
“On the other hand, 09Droid could have rather easily programmed in stealthy code to silently steal account log-ins.”
“Some woman's arm and hand has preceded mine in stealthy search after that fatal spring.”
“Active reconnaissance operations are also classified as stealthy or aggressive, as discussed in the following paragraphs.”
“Instantly he recalled the stealthy Indians that the boys had seen the previous day, and he sensed immediate danger.”
“He did not stoop, but he bent rather forwards; his mode of walking was peculiar, and rather like that of a cat, but of a cat that was well acquainted with the ground it was moving over; the step showed no doubt or apprehension, it could hardly be called stealthy, but it glided on firmly and cautiously, without haste, or swagger, or unevenness ....”
“His manner might have been called stealthy, if one were looking for stealth.”
“The BrahMos, which has been described as a stealthy cruise missile that can deliver a 200 kg payload to a target 290 km away at speeds exceeding 2.8 Mach, has been in service with the Navy and was inducted into the Army in 2007.”
“The Journal says experts believe the pictures show an aircraft designed to be "stealthy," or difficult to detect on radar, what is known as a 'fifth generation' fighter.”
Voice of America: Pentagon Not Concerned About New Chinese Jet
“Somewhat cloaked in all this are some elements the F-22 pushers do not seek to disseminate: US taxpayers are to pay for modifications of the aircraft to make it available for these foreign sales, and primary among those modifications is very likely to be a new design for the aircraft's so-called radar invisible ( "stealthy") skin.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘stealthy’.
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movement (slow)
words describing slow action or movement
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Adjectives with 2 syllables that end ...
angry, bossy, busy, chilly, cheesy, creepy, dirty, early, funny, hairy, happy, healthy and 126 more...
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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Words
Playa
schadenfreude, quixotic, serendipity, loquacious, ubiquitous, aforementioned, inherently, superfluous, dissonance, tersely, poignant, plethora and 108 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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2011 July
New words
correspondent, promulgate, transgress, trite, ravine, corespondent, contrivance, contrive, expedient, conducive, clairvoyance, difform and 184 more...
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silverthread's Words
kerfuffle, ponder, hither, thither, persnickety, manhandle, fondle, snarky, trundle, truffle, fluffy, mangle and 90 more...
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Kaichi's Wordie Darlings, or I'm a Lo...
persnickety, discombobulated, braggadoccio, anthropomorphous, antelucan, confluxible, anomalous, poseur, gallivant, poppycock, falderal, gewgaw and 705 more...
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Go over
mollify, obstinate, obviate, occlude, onerous, obscure, paragon, pedantic, perfunctory, placate, placid, prodigal and 364 more...
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sneakie
stealthy, sneaky, subversive words - inspired by surrepent.
surrepent, sneaky, slither, steal, slide, stalk, snoop, stealth, sly, snitch, secret, ssssh! and 15 more...
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Macbeth
quarrel, kern, disdain, minion, brandish, bid, unseam, gash, deign, disburse, exeunt, swine and 49 more...
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Word Nerd
galore, nitty gritty, creepy, spooky, faltschnitzel, orkweibchen, shiny, thingy, vendetta, extravaganza, awesome, kolophon and 49 more...
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Vocabulary List 1
acclaim, amass, anarchist, banter, blithe, cacophonous, commensurate, complacency, desiccate, diminution, elicit, incessant and 13 more...
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descriptors - adjectives
lanky, propitious, courtly, resplendent, devious, errant, deserted, devilish, dilapidated, diabolical, cold, obfuscation and 81 more...
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eco.kat's list
stealthy, perfunctory, schadenfreude, omnipotent, plethora, california carpool, lookie loo, sojourn, muckraker, peony, dodder, effervescent and 6 more...
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childOL's Words
penchant, lopsided, smarmy, earnest, stealthy, beaver, scandalous, delicious
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