Meaning & use
stealthily
In a quiet, careful, and secretive manner intended to avoid being noticed.
See it in a sentence
The cat moved stealthily across the yard, careful not to startle the birds nearby.
He stealthily slipped out of the meeting before anyone noticed he was gone.
A note on using this word
Stealthily implies deliberate, controlled movement to avoid detection, unlike quietly, which describes only low noise.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
openly
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