stealthy

English

Etymology

From stealth +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlθɪ/, (Indic) /ˈsteld̪i/
• (happy-tensing) IPA^(key): /-iː/
  • Homophone: stealthie

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛlθɪ

Adjective

stealthy (comparative stealthier, superlative stealthiest)

1. Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.

   stealthy military manoeuvres

Synonyms

• sneaking
• undercover
• concealed
• See also Thesaurus:covert

Derived terms

• stealthily
• stealthiness

Translations

characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy

• Bulgarian: прикрит (bg) (prikrit), потаен (bg) (potaen)
• Finnish: vaivihkainen (fi), salavihkainen
• French: furtif (fr), subreptice (fr)
• German: geheim (de), heimlich (de), verstohlen (de)
• Italian: furtivo (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dizîkî (ku), nehînî (ku), razberî (ku)

• Latvian: zaglīgs
• Maori: whakamokeke, konihi, kaiā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stjålen

• Plautdietsch: heemlich
• Portuguese: sigiloso (pt), furtivo (pt)
• Romanian: ascuns (ro), furiș (ro), furtiv (ro)
• Spanish: sigiloso (es), furtivo (es)
• Swedish: förstulen (sv), hemlig (sv)
• Welsh: llechwraidd (cy), lladradaidd (cy)

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