stealthy

/ˈstɛɫθi/

behaving so as to avoid detection

stealthy in a sentence

“The stealthy cat crept toward its prey.”

Middle English stelthe from stelen to steal from Old English stelan

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having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure

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