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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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