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
Examples of stealthy in a Sentence
the stealthy movements of the crocodile
cats are among the stealthiest of stalkers
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The exclusive model was co-designed by a powerhouse trio back in 2019 and features a distinctly stealthy black DLC coating.
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Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024
Leviev emphasizes that downgrade attacks are an important threat for the developer community to consider as hackers endlessly seek paths into target systems that are stealthy and difficult to detect.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
If the Raiders are low-key about camp, the Saints are downright stealthy.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
And according to Woods, the public not knowing that was part of a stealthy marketing strategy.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
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Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2024
Leviev emphasizes that downgrade attacks are an important threat for the developer community to consider as hackers endlessly seek paths into target systems that are stealthy and difficult to detect.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
If the Raiders are low-key about camp, the Saints are downright stealthy.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
And according to Woods, the public not knowing that was part of a stealthy marketing strategy.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
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“Stealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stealthy. Accessed 28 Aug. 2024.
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