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# stealthy

adjective (stealthy, stealthier, stealthiest)

«stealthy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Stealthy means quiet and secret, moving so as not to be heard or seen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stealthy/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a stealthy animal or person creeps up on its prey or victim

### Examples

- The stealthy cat crossed the yard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stealthy/#x1)
- We heard stealthy steps on the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stealthy/#x2)
- A stealthy thief took the purse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stealthy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stealthy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stealthy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stealthy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stealthy.html) on Mova free.