stealthily

English

stealthily (comparative more stealthily, superlative most stealthily)

In a stealthy manner, furtively.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 5
  So intent was he upon this personal appraisement of his features that he did not hear the parting of the tall grass behind him as a great body pushed itself stealthily through the jungle; nor did his companion, the ape, hear either, for he was drinking and the noise of his sucking lips and gurgles of satisfaction drowned the quiet approach of the intruder.

in a stealthy manner

Bulgarian: крадешком (bg) (kradeškóm), скришом (bg) (skríšom)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 靜雞雞 (yue) (zing⁶ gai¹ gai¹)

Mandarin: 悄悄地 (zh) (qiāoqiāo de, qiǎoqiǎo de), 偷偷地 (zh) (tōutōu de), 靜悄悄 (zh) (jìngqiāoqiāo, jìngqiǎoqiǎo)
Dutch: stilletjes (nl)
Finnish: vaivihkaa (fi), vaivihkaisesti
French: furtivement (fr)
German: heimlich (de), verstohlen (de)
Hungarian: lopva (hu), lopakodva

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