Stealthy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stealthy
       adj : marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
             avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking
             prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a
             surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking
             in the shadows" [syn: {furtive}, {lurking}, {skulking},
              {sneak(a)}, {sneaky}, {surreptitious}]
       [also: {stealthiest}, {stealthier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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