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stealingly

stealingly adverb: by stealing (moving stealthily); furtively or sneakily.

Adverb

stealingly (not comparable)

  1. By stealing (moving stealthily); furtively or sneakily
    • if they were divers motions, they did so stealingly slip one into another as the latter part was ever in hand before the eye could discern the former was ended.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...

Origin of stealingly

From stealing + -ly.

Questions about stealingly

What does stealingly mean?
Stealingly means by stealing (moving stealthily); furtively or sneakily.
What part of speech is stealingly?
Stealingly is an adverb.

Words near stealingly in the dictionary

  1. stealing someone's identity
  2. stealing someone's thunder
  3. stealing the scene
  4. stealing the show
  5. stealingest
  6. stealingly
  7. stealings
  8. steals
  9. steals a glance
  10. steals a kiss
  11. steals a living

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