Stealthy meaning

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Characterized by stealth; secret, furtive, or sly.
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Marked by or acting with quiet, caution, and secrecy intended to avoid notice.
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The definition of stealthy is a person or thing that is quiet and secretive.

An example of stealthy is how sea gulls sneak in and steal food from people picnicking on the beach.

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Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.
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Stealthy Sentence Examples

  • The rest was accomplished by stealthy observation.

  • Some nights, dreams took her on a stealthy walk down the path, taking advantage of every bush for cover.

  • It is important to have a stealthy installation, because otherwise it would be far too easy for a thief to pop your hood and clip a couple of wires.

  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory for the Xbox takes everyone's favorite stealthy spy on yet another mission.

  • You will get stealthy until the panic is over.

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