Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
stealthily. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
stealthily, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
stealthily in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
stealthily you have here. The definition of the word
stealthily will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
stealthily, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
stealthy + -ly
Pronunciation
Adverb
stealthily (comparative more stealthily, superlative most stealthily)
- In a stealthy manner, furtively.
1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. , volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, , →OCLC:The dog obeyed the significant beck of his finger, and they drew off, stealthily, together.
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. L. Burt Company, 1914 June, →OCLC: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.
Translations
in a stealthy manner
- Armenian: թաքուն (hy) (tʻakʻun), ծածուկ (hy) (cacuk)
- Azerbaijani: oğrun, gizlin, xəlvəti, gizlincə
- Bulgarian: крадешко́м (bg) (kradeškóm), скри́шом (bg) (skríšom)
- Catalan: furtivament (ca), d'estranquis (ca) (colloquial)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 靜雞雞／静鸡鸡 (yue) (zing6 gai1 gai1)
- Mandarin: 悄悄地 (zh) (qiāoqiāo de, qiǎoqiǎo de), 偷偷地 (zh) (tōutōu de), 靜悄悄／静悄悄 (zh) (jìngqiāoqiāo, jìngqiǎoqiǎo)
- Czech: kradmo (cs)
- Dutch: stilletjes (nl)
- Finnish: vaivihkaa (fi), vaivihkaisesti (fi)
- French: furtivement (fr)
- German: heimlich (de), verstohlen (de)
- Hindi: चोरी-छिपे (corī-chipe), चोरी-चोरी (corī-corī)
- Hungarian: lopva (hu), lopakodva
- Italian: furtivamente (it), di nascosto
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: bidizîkî (ku), bi nihênî (ku), bi razberî
- Latin: furtim
- Macedonian: крадешкум (kradeškum), кришум (krišum), назорум (nazorum)
- Portuguese: sorrateiramente (pt), furtivamente (pt), secretamente (pt)
- Romanian: pe furiș
- Russian: укра́дкой (ru) (ukrádkoj)
- Spanish: furtivamente (es), sigilosamente (es), a hurtadillas
|