stealthily

stealthily

English

Etymology

stealthy +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlθɪli/

Adverb

stealthily (comparative more stealthily, superlative most stealthily)

1. In a stealthy manner, furtively.
   • 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 558204586:

     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 17392886; republished as chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914, OCLC 1224185:

     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

Azerbaijani: oğrun, gizlin, xəlvəti, gizlincə Bulgarian: крадешко́м (bg) (kradeškóm), скри́шом (bg) (skríšom) Catalan: furtivament (ca), d'estranquis (ca) (colloquial) Chinese: Cantonese: 靜雞雞 (yue) (zing6 gai1 gai1) Mandarin: 悄悄地 (zh) (qiāoqiāo de, qiǎoqiǎo de), 偷偷地 (zh) (tōutōu de), 靜悄悄 (zh) (jìngqiāoqiāo, jìngqiǎoqiǎo) Dutch: stilletjes (nl) Finnish: vaivihkaa (fi), vaivihkaisesti (fi) French: furtivement (fr) German: heimlich (de), verstohlen (de) 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, furtivamente (pt), secretamente Romanian: pe furiș Russian: укра́дкой (ru) (ukrádkoj) Spanish: furtivamente (es), sigilosamente (es), a hurtadillas