stealthy

• Beschreibt jemanden oder etwas, das sich leise, verdeckt oder unauffällig bewegt, handelt oder gestaltet ist, um nicht entdeckt zu werden.

Describes someone or something that moves, acts, or is designed in a quiet, secretive, or inconspicuous way to avoid detection.

1. Quiet and secretiveB2formal

   Characterized by quiet, cautious, and secretive behavior to avoid being noticed.

   Heimlich

   • The cat made a stealthy approach toward the bird.
   • He took a stealthy glance at the document when no one was looking.
   • The spy moved with stealthy steps through the dark corridor.

   Synonymeclandestinecovertfurtivesecretsecretiveslysurreptitiousunderhanded

   Antonymeblatantboisterousconspicuousloudobviousopenostentatious