stealingly

English

Etymology

From stealing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

stealingly (not comparable)

1. By stealing (moving stealthily); furtively or sneakily
   • 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: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

     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.

References

• “stealingly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.