Stealthiest - English meaning

adjective

Of the very darkest colour owing to the absence of or complete absorption of light; the opposite of white.

Usage examples:

Black smoke

verb

Belonging to or denoting any human group having dark-coloured skin, especially of african or australian aboriginal ancestry.

Usage examples:

Black adolescents of jamaican descent

noun

Another term for hamburger.

adjective

Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

Usage examples:

She deserved better than these clandestine meetings

adjective

Planned or done in secret

Usage examples:

A clandestine meeting, the virus clandestinely burrowed its way into computers across the globe.

verb

Dress in a cloak.

Usage examples:

They sat cloaked and hooded

noun

A sleeveless outdoor overgarment that hangs loosely from the shoulders.

Usage examples:

He threw his cloak about him

noun

A cloakroom.

Usage examples:

Ground-floor accommodation comprises hall, cloaks, lounge, kitchen

adjective

Relating to or suggestive of a secret plan made by a group of people to do something unlawful or harmful.

Usage examples:

There are several who think this is some sort of vast conspiratorial plot on the part of the press

adjective

Relating to a secret plan to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes

Usage examples:

They exchanged conspiratorial glances.

adjective

Not openly acknowledged or displayed.

Usage examples:

Covert operations against the dictatorship

noun

A thicket in which game can hide.

Usage examples:

I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts.

adjective

Hidden or secret

Usage examples:

Covert military operations

adjective

Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

Usage examples:

They spent a furtive day together

adjective

Done or acting secretly and quietly to avoid being noticed

Usage examples:

They exchanged furtive gestures and words of encouragement., she glanced furtively at the papers on…

adjective

Past participle of hide1.

verb

Put or keep out of sight.

Usage examples:

He hid the money in the house

adjective

Used to describe costs that are not normally included in the original price of something, or are not normally considered when judging something

Usage examples:

Hidden charges/costs/extras, hidden fees/penalties, there are the hidden costs of climate change th…

adjective

Not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others.

Usage examples:

How did you guess i'd got a secret plan?

noun

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

Usage examples:

A state secret

noun

A piece of information that is not generally known or is not known by someone else and should not be told to others

Usage examples:

We don’t keep secrets from each other., don’t tell anyone – it’s a secret., what’s the secret of yo…

adjective

(of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information.

Usage examples:

She was very secretive about her past

adjective

Not wanting others to know, or done privately so that others do not know

Usage examples:

Secretive dealings, she’s secretive about her age.

verb

Keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive.

Usage examples:

Don't skulk outside the door like a spy!

noun

A group of foxes.

Usage examples:

The skulk howls away into the night

noun

A group of foxes.

Usage examples:

The skulk howls away into the night

verb

Move smoothly and quietly with gliding steps, in a stealthy or sensuous manner.

Usage examples:

The fox came slinking through the bracken

noun

A slinking movement or walk.

Usage examples:

She moved with a sensuous slink

verb

To walk or leave quietly, esp. because you do not want to be noticed or are ashamed of something

Usage examples:

I was so embarrassed that i tried to slink away.

adjective

Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature.

Usage examples:

A sly, manipulative woman

adjective

Not letting others know true opinions or intentions, or dishonest

Usage examples:

She thought that by being sly, she could fool people., a cat can be a very sly animal., he winked s…

adjective

(of a feeling) persistent in one's mind but reluctantly held or not fully recognized.

Usage examples:

I've a sneaking suspicion they'll do well

verb

Move or go in a furtive or stealthy way.

Usage examples:

I sneaked out by the back exit

adjective

(of feelings or thoughts) slowly becoming stronger

Usage examples:

I have a sneaking suspicion that i need more memory in my computer.

adjective

Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

Usage examples:

Low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen

adjective

Done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing

Usage examples:

A surreptitious glance