| 释义 |
stealthily, adv.|ˈstɛlθɪlɪ|
[f. stealthy a. + -ly2.]
In a stealthy manner.
1806–31A. Knox Rem. (1844) I. 59 They effected this, without doubt, stealthily, and to appearance, by the minutest alteration. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville I. 261 The enemy crept stealthily along under cover of the river bank. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxiv, They went upstairs quietly, Mr. Bullock accompanying them stealthily on his creaking shoes. 1890Bridges Lond. Snow Poems (1912) 265 Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying.
Comb.1856Kane Arctic Expl. II. vi. 74 He appeared troubled, and had several stealthily-whispered interviews with John. 1897F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xxv. (1901) 333, I was watching a few stealthily-gliding barracouta sneaking about over the plainly visible bottom. |