stealthy

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

acting in a cautious and quiet way to avoid being noticed

In a sentence

Stealthy in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing stealthy in a sentence.

The change was stealthy, a single edited line that no one noticed until the totals stopped adding up.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Keep going

to deliberately damage or obstruct something, especially in secret

an intensely sweet, calorie-free artificial sweetener

excessively sweet or sentimental in a cloying way

regarded as too important or sacred to be altered or criticized

having keen practical judgment and discernment

soundness of judgment and acuteness of discernment

most noticeable or important; standing out prominently

of a sickly yellowish or pale complexion

Common questions

Stealthy (adjective) means acting in a cautious and quiet way to avoid being noticed

Here is stealthy used in an example sentence: "The change was stealthy, a single edited line that no one noticed until the totals stopped adding up."

Common synonyms for stealthy include furtive, surreptitious, covert.

Antonyms of stealthy include overt, conspicuous, open.

Stealthy is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.