stealthily

English

Etymology

stealthy +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlθɪli/

Adverb

stealthily (comparative more stealthily, superlative most stealthily)

1. In a stealthy manner, furtively.
   • 1838, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

     The dog obeyed the significant beck of his finger, and they drew off, stealthily, together.

   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5

     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)
• 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
• 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