Thesaurus / stealthy
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The hackers were extraordinarily stealthy and specific in targeting, which is why it took so long to catch them—and why it’s taking so long to understand their full impact.
RECOVERING FROM THE SOLARWINDS HACK COULD TAKE 18 MONTHSPATRICK HOWELL ONEILLMARCH 2, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Richard has been with Northrop since 1995 and has worked on a number of high-profile projects, including the development of the stealthy B-2 bomber.
ARS TECHNICAST SPECIAL EDITION, PART 2: OPEN SYSTEMS AND THE “JOINT FORCE”LEE HUTCHINSONFEBRUARY 1, 2021ARS TECHNICA
Aaron maintained a stealthy, behind-the-scenes connection to politics and civil rights.
HANK AARON, BASEBALL GREAT WHO BECAME FORCE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DIES AT 86DAVE SHEININ, MATT SCHUDELJANUARY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POST
These relatively ancient aircraft still figure prominently into the Air Force’s plans for its bomber fleet, even as it looks to a future with the stealthy new B-21 Raider.
THESE FASCINATING FLYING STORIES SOARED ABOVE A TURBULENT YEARROB VERGERDECEMBER 29, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
Then a detector weighing tons was put in the path of the beam, sufficiently massive to ensure that even the stealthy, ghostlike neutrinos would hit something, provided enough of them were aimed at it.
JACK STEINBERGER, NOBEL LAUREATE IN PHYSICS, DIES AT 99MARTIN WEILDECEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POST
The shadows lengthened and crept out like stealthy, grotesque monsters across the grass.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
He never saw the sign that madame made to her son, never so much as noticed Marius's stealthy progress towards the door.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
The door at the foot had been closed by a careful hand, and I felt, rather than heard, the stealthy pushing of a bolt across it.
THE STAIRCASE AT THE HEARTS DELIGHTANNA KATHARINE GREEN (MRS. CHARLES ROHLFS)
"He acts—in a—a stealthy way," said Grace, striving for the exact words to express her meaning.
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS IN THE SADDLELAURA LEE HOPE
Then he thought that he heard rustlings at both sides of the clearing, stealthy sounds of stalking that closed in toward him.
THE STARS, MY BROTHERSEDMOND HAMILTON
WORDS RELATED TO STEALTHY
- clandestine
- concealed
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceptive
- devious
- dirty-dealing
- dishonest
- dishonorable
- duplicitous
- fraudulent
- furtive
- guileful
- hush-hush
- indirect
- insidious
- oblique
- on the QT
- on the quiet
- secret
- secretive
- shady
- shifty
- slippery
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- stealthy
- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- two-timing
- under wraps
- undercover
- underhanded
- unethical
- unfair
- unjust
- unscrupulous
- wily
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