| 释义 |
stealthful, a. poet.|ˈstɛlθfʊl|
[f. stealth + -ful.]
Stealthy. Hence ˈstealthfully adv.; † ˈstealthfulness. Obs. rare—0.
c1624Chapman Hymn to Hermes 378 And no such stealth⁓full ill Her light hath showne me. 1796J. Bidlake in New Ann. Reg. 155 Almeria..wip'd in haste, a stealthful tear unseen. 1822Milman Martyr of Antioch 26 Evening darkens round my stealthful steps. 1828Webster, Stealthfully, Stealthfulness. a1838A. Laing in D. H. Edwards Edzell & Glenesk (1908) 59 Till Peathaugh, stealthfully, Hamstrung McGregor unawares. |