stealingly

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adverb

By stealing (moving stealthily); furtively or sneakily

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Meanings

adverbstealingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy stealing (moving stealthily); furtively or sneakily

    if they were divers motions, they did so stealingly slip one into another as the latter part was ever in hand before the eye could discern the former was ended.

    The New Arcadia

    a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC

Origin

From stealing + -ly.

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APA

stealingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stealingly

MLA

“stealingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stealingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stealingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stealingly.

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