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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STEALTHY, a. Stelthy. Done by stealth; clandestine; unperceived.
Now witherd murder with his stealthy pace moves like a ghost.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch" [syn: furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (stealthier; -est) Date: 1565 1. slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character 2. a. intended to escape observation ; furtive b. designed to produce a very weak radar return <a stealthy airplane> Synonyms: see secret • stealthily adverb • stealthiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (stealthier, stealthiest) 1 (of an action) done with stealth; proceeding imperceptibly. 2 (of a person or thing) moving with stealth. Derivatives: stealthily adv. stealthiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Stealthy Stealth"y, a. [Compar. Stealthier; superl. Stealthiest.] Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly. [Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . . Moves like a ghost. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stealthier, stealthiest) Stealthy actions or movements are performed quietly and carefully, so that no one will notice what you are doing. I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor... ADJ • stealthily Slowly and stealthily, someone was creeping up the stairs. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Sly, secret, private, clandestine, furtive, underhand, sneaking, skulking.

Moby Thesaurus

Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, astute, back-door, backstairs, cagey, canny, catlike, catty, clandestine, clever, closet, covert, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, doggo, feline, foxy, furtive, guileful, hidden out, hidlings, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, in ambush, in hiding, in the wings, ingenious, insidious, inventive, knowing, lurking, noiseless, on tiptoe, pawky, politic, privy, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooted, quiet, ready, resourceful, scheming, secret, secretive, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, silent, skulking, slick, slinking, slinky, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sophistical, stealing, stealthful, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, surreptitious, tactical, trickish, tricksy, tricky, under cover, under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, unobtrusive, vulpine, waiting concealed, wary, wily