stealthy

stealthy
    adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
           avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak
           attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at
           his watch" [syn: {furtive}, {sneak(a)}, {sneaky},
           {stealthy}, {surreptitious}]
    

Stealthy \Stealth"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. {Stealthier}
   (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Stealthiest}.]
   Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived;
   secret; furtive; sly.
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         [Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . .
         Moves like a ghost.                      --Shak.
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96 Moby Thesaurus words for "stealthy":
      Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, astute,
      back-door, backstairs, cagey, canny, catlike, catty, clandestine,
      clever, closet, covert, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep,
      deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, doggo, feline, foxy, furtive,
      guileful, hidden out, hidlings, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger,
      hush-hush, in ambush, in hiding, in the wings, ingenious,
      insidious, inventive, knowing, lurking, noiseless, on tiptoe,
      pawky, politic, privy, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooted, quiet,
      ready, resourceful, scheming, secret, secretive, serpentine, sharp,
      shifty, shrewd, silent, skulking, slick, slinking, slinky,
      slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sophistical,
      stealing, stealthful, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple,
      surreptitious, tactical, trickish, tricksy, tricky, under cover,
      under-the-counter, under-the-table, undercover, underground,
      underhand, underhanded, unobtrusive, vulpine, waiting concealed,
      wary, wily