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stealth
CIDE DICTIONARY
stealth, n. [OE. stal. See Steal, v. t. ].
- The act of stealing; theft. [1913 Webster]"The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw." [1913 Webster]
- The thing stolen; stolen property. Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense. [1913 Webster]"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame." [1913 Webster]"The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth,
With steel invades the brother's life by stealth." [1913 Webster]"I told him of your stealth unto this wood." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stealth, n. secrecy, a secret procedure.
Idiom
by stealth surreptitiously.
Etymology
ME f. OE (as STEAL, -TH(2))
THESAURUS
stealth
Italian hand, acuteness, art, artfulness, artifice, astuteness, cageyness, callidity, canniness, clandestine behavior, clandestineness, clandestinity, cleverness, covertness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, fine Italian hand, finesse, foxiness, furtiveness, gamesmanship, guile, ingeniousness, insidiousness, inventiveness, one-upmanship, prowl, prowling, readiness, resourcefulness, satanic cunning, secrecy, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slinkiness, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, sophistry, stalking, stealthiness, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, surreptitiousness, trickiness, underground activity, underhand dealing, underhandedness, wariness, wiles, wiliness, witROGET THESAURUS
stealth
Concealment
N concealment, hiding, occultation, mystification, seal of secrecy, screen, disguise, masquerade, masked battery, hiding place, cryptography, steganography, freemasonry, stealth, stealthiness, sneakiness, obreption, slyness, latitancy, latitation, seclusion, privacy, secrecy, secretness, incognita, reticence, reserve, mental reserve, reservation, arriere pensee, suppression, evasion, white lie, misprision, silence, suppression of truth, underhand dealing, closeness, secretiveness, mystery, latency, snake in the grass, secret, stowaway, concealed, hidden, secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark, cryptic, cryptical, private, privy, in petto, auricular, clandestine, close, inviolate, tortuous, behind a screen, undercover, under an eclipse, in ambush, in hiding, in disguise, in a cloud, in a fog, in a mist, in a haze, in a dark corner, in the shade, in the dark, clouded, wrapped in clouds, wrapt in clouds, invisible, buried, underground, perdu, secluded, undisclosed &c, untold, covert, untraceable, mysterious, irrevealable, inviolable, confidential, esoteric, not to be spoken of, unmentionable, obreptitious, furtive, stealthy, feline, skulking, surreptitious, underhand, hole and corner, sly, secretive, evasive, reserved, reticent, uncommunicative, buttoned up, close, close as wax, taciturn, secretly, in secret, in private, in one's sleeve, in holes and corners, in the dark, januis clausis, with closed doors, a huis clos, hugger mugger, a la derobee, under the cloak of, under the rose, under the table, sub rosa, en tapinois, in the background, aside, on the sly, with bated breath, sotto voce, in a whisper, without beat of drum, a la sourdine, behind the veil, beyond mortal ken, beyond the grave, beyond the veil, hid from mortal vision, into the eternal secret, into the realms supersensible, into the supreme mystery, in confidence, in strict confidence, in strictest confidence, confidentially, between ourselves, between you and me, between you and me and the bedpost, entre nous, inter nos, under the seal of secrecy, a couvert, underhand, by stealth, like a thief in the night, stealthily, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, behind one's back, behind a screen, incognito, in camera, it must go no further, it will go no further, don't tell a soul, tell it not in Gath, nobody the wiser, alitur vitium vivitque tegendo, let it be tenable in your silence still, background information, deep background information, deep background, background session, backgrounder, not for attribution.For further exploring for "stealth" in Webster Dictionary Online
