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In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect life there more powerfully and stealthily than speeches, or even legislation. Imagined worlds can lodge deeply in the private sphere, dislodging much else, especially when the public sphere is fragile.
Colm Toibin

Meaning of "stealthily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STEALTHILY

stealthily  [ˈstelθɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STEALTHILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stealthily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES STEALTHILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stealthily in the English dictionary

The definition of stealthily in the dictionary is very quietly, so as to escape detection.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STEALTHILY


breathily
ˈbrɛθɪlɪ
earthily
ˈɜːθɪlɪ
filthily
ˈfɪlθɪlɪ
frothily
ˈfrɒθɪlɪ
healthily
ˈhelθɪlɪ
lengthily
ˈleŋθɪlɪ
mouthily
ˈmaʊθɪlɪ
pithily
ˈpɪθɪlɪ
toothily
ˈtuːθɪlɪ
unhealthily
ʌnˈhelθɪlɪ
wealthily
ˈwelθɪlɪ
wrathily
ˈrɒθɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STEALTHILY

steal
steal a march on
steal someone´s thunder
steal the show
stealable
stealage
steale
stealer
stealing
stealingly
stealth
Stealth bomber
Stealth plane
stealth tax
stealthful
stealthier
stealthiest
stealthiness
stealthy
steam

WORDS THAT END LIKE STEALTHILY

flashily
gushily
mushily
noteworthily
patchily
praiseworthily
raunchily
scripophily
shily
sketchily
starchily
swarthily
techily
thankworthily
touchily
trashily
trustworthily
untrustworthily
unworthily
worthily

Synonyms and antonyms of stealthily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stealthily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STEALTHILY

Find out the translation of stealthily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stealthily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stealthily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

偷偷地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sigilosamente
570 millions of speakers

English

stealthily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छिपकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خلسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

украдкой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

furtivamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অজ্ঞাতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

furtivement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Senyap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heimlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ひそかに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

은밀하게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stealthily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vụng trộm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திருட்டுத்தனமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चोरीने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sinsice
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

furtivamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ukradkiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крадькома
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe furiș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ύπουλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sluip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smyg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stjålent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stealthily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STEALTHILY»

The term «stealthily» is regularly used and occupies the 90.186 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STEALTHILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stealthily

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QUOTES WITH «STEALTHILY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stealthily.
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Colm Toibin
In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect life there more powerfully and stealthily than speeches, or even legislation. Imagined worlds can lodge deeply in the private sphere, dislodging much else, especially when the public sphere is fragile.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEALTHILY»

Discover the use of stealthily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stealthily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Middle English Dictionary
oute; ~ awei, steal away; ppl. stalkinge, walking stealthily; stealthy; (b) of an animal: to move cautiously, step softly; of a fowl: move with a stiff-legged gait; (c) to approach an animal stealthily or cautiously when hunting; ~ toward (nnto), stalk (an ...
Robert E. Lewis, Hans Kurath, 1990
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Stealthily by Night: The Coppists Clandestine Beach ...
COPP (Combined Operations Pilotage Parties) were formed in December 1942, when the need for invasion beach reconnaissance and assault guidance for invasion fleets was officially recognized.
Ian Trenowden, 1997
3
Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
door, entryway used only by members of the household (B) flAC* stealthily, covertly, surreptitiously (Supp.) tick" '• hti sarraqq ala to act very stealthily, in quite an underhanded manner (Ar.) (hit* ! AC* : £AA to sneak off, steal away) (AC* ' Pti  ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
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A Grammar of Supyire
8.3.5.10. peele 'lie in wait for, stealthily' As a main verb, peele is transitive, and means 'lie in wait for', or 'ambush'. As VI in a serial, it means 'V2 surreptitiously' or 'V2 stealthily'. If V2 is transitive, its direct object is placed before peele.
Robert Carlson, 1994
5
Paraphrase Grammars
This fact introduces additional difficulties, which are due to the same dichotomy of syntactic ambiguity versus semantic ambiguity. Consider the following paraphrastic set in the pattern of (40). (51) the man whom the camp saw left stealthily the ...
Richard M. Smaby, 1970
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and ...
Mr. Knox's disciples may be assured that if " the Evangelicals," as he call? them, were to undertake a revision of the Liturgy, they would not do it sneak- |ng(y — we beg pardon, " stealthily," — but honestly and above board. They abhor the ...
‎1838
7
Poems of Faiz Ahmad Faiz: A Poet of the Third World
ln a short while When the disturbing thought Of how to manage loneliness Will again occupy my lonely heart, Pain will stealthily come with a red lamp -The pain that throbs Somewhere away from the heart; As the burning pain shoots up in my  ...
Faiz̤ Aḥmad Faiz̤, 1995
8
Storm-beaten, or Christmas Eve at the “Old Anchor” inn
Stealthily, stealthily, across the lobby tripped the hidden murderer. One little ray of the half-moon, shining for a moment upon something which glittered like steel. Stealthily, stealthily, a bedroom door was opened, and—a dead body was found  ...
Robert Williams Buchanan, Charles Gibbon, 1862
9
Ancestors: A Reinvention of Mother Poem, Sun Poem, and X/self
across the christian ocean humming high above the high drift of the harmattan lights blinking on/&/off in touch w/stars the vulcans slumbering to death w/in their engine bowels stealthily stealthily stealthily stealthily they search they search they ...
Kamau Brathwaite, 2001
10
Expositions of the Psalms 51-72
They bent their bow, that bitter weapon, to shoot the undefiled one stealthily. The statement that they bent their bow is echoed in the word stealthily, because it means that they resorted to trickery and ambush. You know what underhand ...
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Maria Boulding, John E. Rotelle, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEALTHILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stealthily is used in the context of the following news items.
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Navy stealthily targets Hood Canal development
With little public outreach, the Navy has stealthily put thousands of acres of Puget Sound shoreline and upland off-limits to proposed and future development. «The Seattle Times, Jun 15»
2
This pita sandwich stealthily steals encrypted data from laptops
Usually, a delicious pita is stuffed with tasty sandwich fixings. This one, however, is full of electronics and designed to pilfer encryption keys from unsuspecting ... «Geek, Jun 15»
3
Microsoft stealthily backs away from free Windows 10 promise
On Friday, Microsoft described a way for anyone to get Windows 10 for free: activated, genuine, and updated forever. We wrote at the time that we expected the ... «Ars Technica, Jun 15»
4
Google Chrome May Have Stealthily Downloaded An Audio Listener …
In an article published on the website Privacy Online News, Rick Falkvinge, founder of the first Pirate Party, makes the claim that Google is stealthily ... «The Inquisitr, Jun 15»
5
Stealthily, Smoking Kills 1 In 8 Indians: PART 1
Breathing doesn't come easy to Asgar Ali Siddique, 45, a Mumbai resident, especially if he walks fast or climbs stairs—all because at the age of 15, he and his ... «Focus News, Jun 15»
6
Google Inc Stealthily Acquires Sensor Maker Lumedyne
Google secretly acquired sensor maker Lumedyne last year. The acquisition will come in handy for when the search engine giant rolls out its self-driving cars. «Bidness ETC, Jun 15»
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Anaheim's Matt Beleskey stealthily crawls out of dogpile after …
Anaheim Ducks forward Matt Beleskey felt nothing but love from his teammates Monday night after he scored the game-winning goal in overtime against the ... «USA TODAY, May 15»
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How China stealthily built a 'kill chain' in the South China Sea
The last year has seen some unusual construction going on in the South China Sea. China has been building small islands from existing reefs with the purpose ... «The Week Magazine, May 15»
9
Saints stealthily may have found the next Drew Brees
BATON ROUGE – Rare is it when an NFL head coach can go to a Starbucks, go to a Subway, board a plane in a major airport, land in another airport and return ... «Shreveport Times, May 15»
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Brendan Sodikoff Stealthily Opens Humboldt Park Coffee Shop
This time it's through a stealthy opening of a new coffee shop. This morning the Hogsalt restauranteur announced the opening of C.C. Ferns Coffee. «Eater, Apr 15»

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