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Definition of Stealthier
1. stealthy [adj] - See also: stealthy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stealthier
Literary usage of Stealthier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"The encroachments of tyranny and the stealthier step of royal prerogative have
shrunk before this spirit which through the centuries has inspired the ..."
2. Contemporary American Novelists, 1900-1920 by Carl Van Doren (1922)
"stealthier behavior of mankind or veiled it with discreet periphrasis; they
sweetened their narratives wherever possible with a brimming optimism nicely ..."
3. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"Her caution seemed to be justified a moment later, for a heavier but stealthier
footstep halted outside. The handle of the door was turned, but she resisted ..."
4. Theories of Style, with Especial Reference to Prose Composition; Essays by Lane Cooper (1907)
"And yet, shyer than gravitation, less to be counted than the fluxions of sun-dials,
stealthier than the growth of a forest, are the footsteps of ..."
5. Oceana, Or, England and Her Colonies by James Anthony Froude (1887)
"Buccaneers are gone; the successors of Kidd and Blackman now work in stealthier
ways. Paramatta has sunk into a suburb of Sydney, and the river is now ..."
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