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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stealthy \Stealth"y\ (-[y^]), adjective [Compar. {Stealthier} (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Stealthiest}.] Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.
[Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . . Moves like a ghost. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stealthy
adjective: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows" [syn: {furtive}, {lurking}, {skulking}, {sneak(a)}, {sneaky}, {surreptitious}] [also: {stealthiest}, {stealthier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "stealthy": 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
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