different between stealth vs stealthfully

English

Etymology

From Middle English stelthe, from Old English st?lþ, from Proto-Germanic *st?liþ?, equivalent to steal +? -th. Compare Old English stalu (“theft, stealth”), Old High German st?la (“theft”), German Diebstahl (“theft”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?lth, IPA^(key): /st?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

stealth (countable and uncountable, plural stealths)

1. (uncountable) The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
2. (archaic, countable) An act of secrecy, especially one involving thievery.
   • 1877, George Hill, An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century, M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr, page 352:

     [The King] thinks it fit[...] that restitution according to this order be made to the petitioners for stealths committed upon them last winter (273).

Derived terms

Related terms

• steal

Translations

Verb

stealth (third-person singular simple present stealths, present participle stealthing, simple past and past participle stealthed)

1. (military, computing) To conceal or infiltrate through the use of stealth.
2. (slang, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse without a condom through deception (for example, removing the condom mid-act).
   • 2017, “Stealthing”: Feminists open Pandora’s box of sexual assault double standards:

     “Stealthing” is an immoral behaviour practiced by both men and women, but only punishes men.

Adjective

stealth

1. (LGBT) Of a transgender person, hiding their transgender status from society after transition.

Hypernyms

• closeted

References

Anagrams

• Haslett, haltest, lasteth, salteth, stethal

English

Etymology

stealthful +? -ly

Adverb

stealthfully (comparative more stealthfully, superlative most stealthfully)

1. With stealth.