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单词 stealthiness
释义

stealthy

adjective

ˈstel-thē How to pronounce stealthy (audio)
stealthier; stealthiest
1
: slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character
2
a
: intended to escape observation : furtive
b
: designed to produce a very weak radar return
a stealthy airplane
stealthily
ˈstel-thə-lē How to pronounce stealthy (audio)
adverb
stealthiness
ˈstel-thē-nəs How to pronounce stealthy (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • furtive
  • shady
  • shifty
  • slippery
  • sly
  • sneaking
  • sneaky
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Example Sentences

the stealthy movements of the crocodile cats are among the stealthiest of stalkers
Recent Examples on the Web What's the point in being stealthy if there's nothing to hide? Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 8 Sep. 2022 For one, the Navy declined to use the stealthy, angular design of the Zumwalt-class destroyers. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2022 To her surprise, the plumper was in fact doing its job in stealthy silence. Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022 Hanco Bol witnessed the yacht’s stealthy departure at 3 am on August 2 and subsequently posted a video of the three-hour journey on YouTube. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2022 Your Bond can be stealthy, fast, methodical, or an all-out murder machine. Alyse Knorr, Ars Technica, 6 July 2022 The trigger is stealthy and develops incrementally, with the potential of achieving chronic levels and the ultimate status of an occupational or psychological hazard. J. Gerald Suarez, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 Pfennig thinks this stealthy strategy might be especially useful when the females’ choice between same species and other species isn’t obvious—when, say, females are in okay health, and ponds are of intermediate depth. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022 Researchers have identified stealthy new malware that threat actors have been using for the past 15 months to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers after they have been hacked. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 30 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

stealthy

adjective

ˈstel-thē How to pronounce stealthy (audio)
stealthier; stealthiest
: done in a sly or secret manner

stealthiness

noun

as in covertness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • covertness
  • sneakiness
  • secrecy
  • furtiveness
  • smoothness
  • slyness
  • shiftiness
  • underhandedness
  • shadiness
  • slipperiness
  • shrewdness
  • unscrupulousness
  • slickness
  • treacherousness
  • artfulness
  • hypocrisy
  • caginess
  • oiliness
  • deviousness
  • subterfuge
  • insincerity
  • trickery
  • deception
  • cageyness
  • sanctimoniousness
  • fraudulence
  • lying
  • prevarication
  • duplicity
  • obliquity
  • skulduggery
  • jugglery
  • cunning
  • two-facedness
  • wile
  • deceptiveness
  • chicanery
  • swindling
  • guile
  • fib
  • cunningness
  • dissimulation
  • mendacity
  • untruth
  • skullduggery
  • deceit
  • wiliness
  • craftiness
  • falsehood
  • fakery
  • dishonesty
  • legerdemain
  • dupery
  • cheating
  • crookedness
  • equivocation
  • dissembling
  • fraud
  • chicane
  • falsity
  • cozenage
  • hanky-panky
  • deceitfulness
  • mountebankery
  • foxiness
  • double-dealing
  • crookery
  • guilefulness
  • craft
  • artifice

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • guilelessness
  • sincerity
  • artlessness
  • openness
  • forthrightness
  • ingenuousness
  • frankness
  • reliability
  • directness
  • plainness
  • candor
  • candidness
  • solidity
  • honesty
  • dependability
  • trustworthiness
  • probity
  • integrity
  • incorruptibility
  • goodness
  • good faith
  • truthfulness
  • reliableness
  • decency
  • virtuousness
  • trustability
  • righteousness
  • plainspokenness
  • uprightness
  • trustiness
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