stealthiness

noun

Definition of stealthinessnext
as in covertness

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Recent Examples of stealthiness Alois Ruf is a modest man who has grown the family business—Porsche optimization—with a steely stealthiness and notable technical ambition. — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 13 July 2026 But what surprised me most about these curls was the stealthiness of the burn. — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025 Giljov’s stealthiness paid off with a stunning image of two male saigas going horn to horn on the banks of a lake during a competitive breeding season. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stealthiness
  1. secrecy
  2. sneakiness
  3. smoothness
  4. slyness
  5. shadiness
  6. shiftiness
  7. underhandedness
  8. slipperiness
Noun
  • In a sea of influencers, Michelin’s century of dining expertise and its strict code of secrecy stand out.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • His lawyers, making the motion for dismissal, argued that Kuznietsov was still an active duty soldier and as such was obligated by Ukrainian law not to speak for reasons of secrecy linked to national security.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of secrecy
Noun
  • In The Executioners, and the 1962 and 1991 film adaptations of that novel, Cady is a predator specifically of women — even more specifically, young women — and he’s known for this, more so than his sneakiness, cleverness, or time served.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of sneakiness
Noun
  • Manufacturers are switching to different materials, trading smoothness for safety.
    — Margaret Hetherman, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Check out what all the hype’s about while saving 30 percent on this shampoo and conditioner duo that promises up to 72 hours of moisture and silk-like smoothness.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of smoothness
Noun
  • The harp is not an instrument of slyness, wryness, or the earth.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Like the tricksters of myth, there’s depth to their slyness.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of slyness
Noun
  • But the gossipy tidbits almost pale next to the eye-opening shadiness of some of the business strategies.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The actor earned breakout status thanks to perfecting a mix of faux-friendliness and corporate shadiness on Severance, and that combo is put to extremely good use here.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026
Definition of shadiness
Noun
  • His shiftiness and explosive speed gave Alabama fits all night.
    — Hunter DeLauder, AJC.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • His combination of strength, shiftiness and ability to catch the football is constant, but Stokes’ ultimate X-factor is the ability to block and handle blitz pressure.
    — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of shiftiness
Noun
  • Frustrated but persistent, about seven hundred of the twelve hundred agents that participated in the board collaborated in what was essentially a cybersecurity version of capture the flag, a war game in which underhandedness is rewarded.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of underhandedness
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  • In 1990, Cole meets Jeffrey Goines, a fellow mental institution patient played with bug-eyed slipperiness by Brad Pitt, whose performance nabbed him his first Oscar nod.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
  • That factual slipperiness might matter less if the psychology connected more deeply.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of slipperiness

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“Stealthiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stealthiness. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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