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stealthily en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈstɛlθɪli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English stealthy Middle English -ly English -ly English stealthily From stealthy + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a stealthy manner, furtively.
   • So intent was he upon this personal appraisement of his features that he did not hear the parting of the tall grass behind him as a great body pushed itself stealthily through the jungle; nor did his companion, the ape, hear either, for he was drinking and the noise of his sucking lips and gurgles of satisfaction drowned the quiet approach of the intruder. 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, June 1914, →OCLC:
   • The dog obeyed the significant beck of his finger, and they drew off, stealthily, together. 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:

Forms

Translations (50)

es a hurto (in a stealthy manner) · it di nascosto (in a stealthy manner) · kmr bi nihênî (in a stealthy manner) · nl stilletjes (in a stealthy manner) · es a solapo (in a stealthy manner) · az oğrun (in a stealthy manner) · hy թաքուն (in a stealthy manner) · ca furtivament (in a stealthy manner) · kmr bidizîkî (in a stealthy manner) · bg скри́шом (in a stealthy manner) · kmr bi razberî (in a stealthy manner) · kk ұрланып (in a stealthy manner) · de verstohlen (in a stealthy manner) · az xəlvəti (in a stealthy manner) · pt sorrateiramente (in a stealthy manner) · es caleta (in a stealthy manner) · eo ŝtele (in a stealthy manner) · ca d'estranquis (in a stealthy manner) · fi vaivihkaisesti (in a stealthy manner) · it furtivamente (in a stealthy manner) · mk назорум (in a stealthy manner) · es furtivamente (in a stealthy manner) · hi चोरी-छिपे (in a stealthy manner) · mk крадешкум (in a stealthy manner) · hu lopva (in a stealthy manner) · hi चोरी-चोरी (in a stealthy manner) · es de solapa (in a stealthy manner) · fr furtivement (in a stealthy manner) · cmn 偷偷地 (in a stealthy manner) · es a furto (disused) (in a stealthy manner) · pt furtivamente (in a stealthy manner) · bg крадешко́м (in a stealthy manner) · yue 靜雞雞 /静鸡鸡 (in a stealthy manner) · es a hurtadillas (in a stealthy manner) · fi vaivihkaa (in a stealthy manner) · es solapadamente (in a stealthy manner) · es sigilosamente (in a stealthy manner) · pt secretamente (in a stealthy manner) · cmn 悄悄地 (in a stealthy manner) · de heimlich (in a stealthy manner) · cs kradmo (in a stealthy manner) · la furtim (in a stealthy manner) · ro pe furiș (in a stealthy manner) · mk кришум (in a stealthy manner) · cmn 靜悄悄 /静悄悄 (in a stealthy manner) · hy ծածուկ (in a stealthy manner) · ru укра́дкой (in a stealthy manner) · az gizlincə (in a stealthy manner) · az gizlin (in a stealthy manner) · hu lopakodva (in a stealthy manner)