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Meanings of stealthiness in English

A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously.

Usage of stealthiness in English
1
There was a stealthiness in the performance that roused him to vigilance.
A Hoosier Chronicle
2
He raised the sash with stealthy caution, wondering at his own stealthiness.
Black Jack
3
No particular keenness was required to see in these forms a sentinel-like stealthiness.
Desert Gold
4
He stooped and picked it up, a certain stealthiness apparent in his movement.
The Yellow Crayon
5
After this walking was easier, but stealthiness made their progress slow.
Graustark
6
He drew near with a certain stealthiness, fearing to startle her.
The Bars of Iron
7
Its fixed, staring eye, its snake-like stealthiness, bid you be on your guard.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 / A Maga...
8
The Doctor, who had taken off his shoes, followed him with catlike stealthiness.
The Man
9
His companion, on the other hand, moved with incredible stealthiness.
Green Fancy
10
I proceeded with an animal-like stealthiness, with which cool reason had nothing to do.
Romance
11
The movement had in it something of the stealthiness of an animal crouching to spring.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain
12
Your stealthiness has made the ass bray at us instead of with and for us.
The Great God Success: A Novel
13
The awakening was almost feline in its stealthiness.
The Return of the Native
14
There was a snake-like stealthiness in her appearance, which Alfred's mother saw across the room and trembled.
Trumps
15
Then with the stealthiness of a cat he opened the door and peered into the hall, listening intently.
The Ape, the Idiot & Other People
16
I rose, assumed a catlike stealthiness, to keep from waking Livy, and proceeded to dress in the pitch-dark.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900
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