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Definition of Stealth
1. Noun. Avoiding detection by moving carefully.
Generic synonyms: Concealing, Concealment, Hiding
Derivative terms: Steal, Stealthy
Definition of Stealth
1. n. The act of stealing; theft.
Definition of Stealth
1. Noun. the attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic countable) an act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stealth
1. stealthy procedure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stealth
Literary usage of Stealth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Easements by John Leybourn Goddard (1877)
"Besides enjoyment by permission or by stealth, enjoy- User must be ment that is
not peaceable, is insufficient to confer a right to an easement by ..."
2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"The Best Hunters in the World — Their stealth, Cunning, and Endurance— Getting
... IS stealth, cunning, endurance, and knowledge of the habits of animals, ..."
3. Chinese Views of Future Warfare by Michael Pillsbury (1997)
"It is for this reason that every country is now expending great energy on stealth
weaponry research to enhance the operational effectiveness and survival ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"By stealth means secretly ; clandestinely ; and is often used in a good sense.
Hooker. STEA'LTHY. a. Done clandestinely ; performed by stealth. Shak.speart. ..."
5. Chronicles of the City of Perugia, 1492-1503 by Francesco Maturanzio, Edward Strachan Morgan (1905)
"... up by stealth and take the stronghold; and so it was done, and there were
taken prisoners in it the said Francesco and his sons, and they were kept for ..."
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