Stealthily

Examples

• On, on they came until Kerchak himself slunk stealthily to the very door and peered within. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The brute tried to force an entrance; but presently this ceased, and again she heard the great pads creeping stealthily around the cabin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They passed very quietly along the yard; for no one was there, though many heads were stealthily peeping from the windows. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Stealthily I approached the nearest sleeper. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Reason, coming stealthily up to me through the twilight of that longdim chamber, whispered sedately--He may write once. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The dog obeyed the significant beck of his finger, and they drew off, stealthily, together. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Picking our way so stealthily over that rocky, nettle-grown eminence, made me feel a good deal as if I were on my way somewhere to steal something. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• When the voices died into silence, she rose and crept stealthily away. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The servants went about stealthily doing their duty. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The girl evidently dared not fire for fear of wounding me, but I saw her sneak stealthily and cat-like toward the flank of the attackers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He went stealthily forward. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• From a diverging tunnel a sinuous, tawny form crept stealthily toward us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• She turned and went up the second time--softly and stealthily now--and entered her grandfather's room, her eyes at once seeking the head of the bed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The mist over the lake below had stealthily enlarged, and advanced on us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And stealthily rubbed her little hands behind him, and poked a few exultant pokes with her two forefingers over the crown of his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He looked stealthily all round him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• No; it was stealthily opened by the hand of Briggs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She starts up of a night and peeps into his room stealthily, to see that he is sleeping and not stolen away. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He looked at her more than once; not stealthily or humbly, but with a movement of hardy, open observation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The fellow had crept stealthily from a dark corridor and was almost upon me with raised sword ere I saw him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Filled with this idea, he advanced at once, but stealthily. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Another male then sprang into the arena, and, repeating the horrid cries of his king, followed stealthily in his wake. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Fagin stealthily descended the kitchen stairs. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The dogs suddenly came to a dead stop, and the party advancing stealthily a single pace, stopped too. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Edited by Diana