stealthy

3 definitions found

stealthy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stealthy \Stealth"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Stealthier
     (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Stealthiest.]
     Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived;
     secret; furtive; sly.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           [Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . .
           Moves like a ghost.                      --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

stealthy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stealthy
      adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
             avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak
             attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at
             his watch" [syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky,
             stealthy, surreptitious]

stealthy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "stealthy":
     Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, astute,
     back-door, backstairs, cagey, canny, catlike, catty, clandestine,
     clever, closet, covert, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep,
     deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, doggo, feline, foxy, furtive,
     guileful, hidden out, hidlings, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger,
     hush-hush, in ambush, in hiding, in the wings, ingenious,
     insidious, inventive, knowing, lurking, noiseless, on tiptoe,
     pawky, politic, privy, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooted, quiet,
     ready, resourceful, scheming, secret, secretive, serpentine, sharp,
     shifty, shrewd, silent, skulking, slick, slinking, slinky,
     slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sophistical,
     stealing, stealthful, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple,
     surreptitious, tactical, trickish, tricksy, tricky, under cover,
     under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover, underground,
     underhand, underhanded, unobtrusive, vulpine, waiting concealed,
     wary, wily