Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a stealthy manner; by stealth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a stealthy manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
stealthy manner,furtively .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a stealthy manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thus fortified, he removed the largest and sharpest of the dog's ribs, climbed stealthily from the pit and used the bone to stab the guard to death.
Bill Burke 12/2001 2010
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Keeping an eye on her scene and beaming brightly with every change, she neared the end of her first set of the weekend while Lazer Sword stealthily began setting up equipment for their set.
JamBase 2009
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For one thing, she shows up kind of stealthily and not very recklessly, and she uses the word “thanksies.”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » The Five Page Challenge! 2009
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I say "stealthily" because it does so by modifying a provision (FISA § 1802 (a)) that allowed for 90-day warrantless surveillance of communications between agents of foreign governments.
Shayana Kadidal: The Compromise That Wasn't: Specter's Disgraceful Surveillance Bill 2008
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High inflation in China -- prices in November rose 5.1 percent from a year earlier after falling for most of 2009 -- continues to "stealthily" erode China's competitiveness as U.S. inflation stands at about 1 percent, Paulus said.
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High inflation in China -- prices in November rose 5.1 percent from a year earlier after falling for most of 2009 -- continues to "stealthily" erode China's competitiveness as U.S. inflation stands at about 1 percent, Paulus said.
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High inflation in China -- prices in November rose 5.1 percent from a year earlier after falling for most of 2009 -- continues to "stealthily" erode China's competitiveness as
China Inflation May Ease Yuan Pressure at Hu-Obama Summit - Bloomberg 2011
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The Blues are this season's popular dark horses at least to make the final having stealthily accumulated a squad that has real depth.
Blues believe they have the desire and depth for Heineken Cup success Paul Rees 2010
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And Miranda Lambert, whose 2009 album "Revolution" stealthily went platinum last year, won best female country vocal performance for "The House That Built Me" moments after she cooed the song onstage.
Lady Antebellum, Arcade Fire take home top prizes at 53rd Annual Grammy Awards Chris Richards 2011
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When his cell got hold of a contraband radio, he and his cellmates became the news committee, surreptitiously listening to radio reports at night and stealthily disseminating the news in headline form to the other cells each morning.
Jen Marlowe: From An Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square: One Palestinian's Odyssey in a Middle East Ablaze Jen Marlowe 2011
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