stealthfuladj.
/ˈstɛlθfʊl/ poetic.
Stealthy. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective]
privyc1230
thiefly1395
stalkinga1400
slyc1440
insidious1545
clanculary1563
hedge-creeping1579
thievish1587
sneaking1590
tiptoe1593
peaking1595
underworking1605
stealthya1616
subtlea1616
surreptitious?1615
clancular1621
stealthful?1624
insidiary1625
worming1631
subterranean1643
clancularious1656
hugger-mugger1692
slink1792
slinking1841
instealing1844
thief-like1847
furtive1859
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Hermes in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 64 And no such stealth~full ill Her light hath showne me.
1797 J. Bidlake in New Ann. Reg. 1796 Poetry 155 Almeria..wip'd in haste, a stealthful tear unseen.
1822 H. H. Milman Martyr of Antioch 26 Evening darkens round my stealthful steps.
Derivatives
ˈstealthfully adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]
softlyc1225
by stalea1240
privilya1250
slylyc1275
thieflyc1290
stealingly13..
by stealth1390
stalworthlya1400
theftfullyc1400
theftlyc1400
theftuouslyc1400
under veilc1425
thievishly?c1450
by theft1488
quietly1488
furtively1490
by surreption1526
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
underhand1538
insidiously1545
creepingly1548
surreptiously1573
underboard1582
filchingly1583
sneakingly1598
underwater1600
slipperily1603
thief-likea1625
clandestinely1632
surreptitiously1643
thievously1658
clancularly1699
stownlins1786
stealthily1806
underhandedly1806
stolen-wise1813
on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818
round-the-corner1820
underhanded1823
stealthfully1828
slinkingly1830
slippingly1830
on the sneak?1863
sneakishly1867
behind backs1874
stalkingly1891
on the side1893
under the counter1926
underground1935
under the table1938
down and dirty1959
sneakily1966
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Stealthfully, Stealthfulness.
a1838 A. Laing in D. H. Edwards Edzell & Glenesk (1908) 59 Till Peathaugh, stealthfully, Hamstrung McGregor unawares.
ΚΠ
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Stealthfulness.
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