stealthier; stealthiest
1
: slow, deliberate, and secret in action or character
2
a
: intended to escape observation : furtive
b
: designed to produce a very weak radar return
a stealthy airplane
Examples of stealthy in a Sentence
the stealthy movements of the crocodile
cats are among the stealthiest of stalkers
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Such software flaws can be painstaking for human researchers to find and are coveted by spy agencies and cybercriminals for conducting stealthy hacks.
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Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
After the Jaden Ivey debacle and a series of drubbings, Michael Reinsdorf finally pulled the trigger yesterday and fired executive vice president of basketball operations Artūras Karnišovas and his stealthy sidekick, general manager Marc Eversley.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Hikers are swapping bug-like, oversized shades for stealthier styles that look like something out of The Matrix.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Thousands of troops are headed for the region; a third aircraft carrier is en route; and the Pentagon is committing nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER cruise missiles to the Mideast.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
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Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
After the Jaden Ivey debacle and a series of drubbings, Michael Reinsdorf finally pulled the trigger yesterday and fired executive vice president of basketball operations Artūras Karnišovas and his stealthy sidekick, general manager Marc Eversley.
—Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Hikers are swapping bug-like, oversized shades for stealthier styles that look like something out of The Matrix.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Thousands of troops are headed for the region; a third aircraft carrier is en route; and the Pentagon is committing nearly its entire inventory of stealthy JASSM-ER cruise missiles to the Mideast.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Stealthy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stealthy. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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