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
- 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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- unsteadier
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- walk unsteadily
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