Synonyms for stealth


Grammar : Noun
Spell : stelth
Phonetic Transcription : stɛlθ


Définition of stealth

Origin :
  • mid-13c., "theft, action or practice of stealing," from Old English *stælþ, which is related to stelen (see steal (v.)), from Proto-Germanic *stælitho (cf. Old Norse stulþr), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Sense of "secret action" developed c.1300, but the word also retained its etymological sense into 18c. Got a boost as an adjective from stealth fighter, stealth bomber, radar-evading U.S. military aircraft, activated 1983.
  • noun secrecy
Example sentences :
  • He drew no water but by stealth and under the cloak of night.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • We do good by stealth, and blush to have it mentioned in our little bills.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Some of our clergy have slipt in by stealth now and then; but they have got up a farce of their own.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Of course for this action to be successful, it had to be performed with the stealth of sneak-thieves.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • But they planned on carrying out their investigations by stealth.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • Clearly the only thing to do was to attempt to get the box from him by stealth.
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks
  • By peaked we must understand "stole" or got admission by stealth.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown
  • I can hope to succeed only by stealth, else a thousand men would come with me.
  • Extract from : « Giants on the Earth » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • You move through the thickets with the stealth and grace of an elephant!
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson
  • It was after the Inca Huascar had been slain by stealth with a traitor's knife.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Golden Star ... » by George Chetwynd Griffith

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