What does stealthy mean?
Word: Stealthy
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Stealthy means quiet and careful, so as not to be seen or heard.
Synonyms: secretive
How do you spell stealthy?
Syllables: stealth - y
Tricky part: The vowel sound is short, as in head, so pupils write stelthy. This word needs ea.
Watch out for: stelthy, steelthy, stelty
Memory tip: Picture a quiet sip of tea at midnight: tea gives you the ea.
Stealthy in a sentence
Example 1: Riya made a stealthy trip to the kitchen for the last laddoo.
Example 2: We made a stealthy plan to surprise Papa on his birthday.
Example 3: The kitten's stealthy paws made no sound on the wooden floor.
Fun Fact
Snow leopards are so stealthy that they are nicknamed the ghosts of the mountains. Visitors to Ladakh can spend days in the Himalayas without seeing one.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
stea_th_
a) l, e
b) d, y
c) l, i
d) l, y
Show answer
d) l, y. An l comes before the th, and the word closes as adjectives such as rocky do.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
During the long afternoon game of hide and seek, my stealhty younger brother crept behind the enormous curtains and stayed perfectly silent until everybody gave up.
a) enormous
b) curtains
c) stealhty
d) perfectly
Show answer
c) stealhty. The t comes straight before the h here, not after it.
Mingle-Mangle
Rearrange the jumbled letters in the sentence to form the right word:
A tylseaht movement at the window made the puppy look up.
a) wealthy
b) healthy
c) stately
d) stealthy
Show answer
d) stealthy. The jumble has an s and an h, and only one option has them both.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word stealthy as used in the sentence:
The cat took a few stealthy steps towards the bowl of milk.
a) clumsy
b) hasty
c) furtive
d) playful
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c) furtive. Furtive steps are quiet and secret, like those of the cat.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which movement counts as stealthy?
a) tiptoeing past a sleeping baby
b) stamping on the stairs in boots
c) running down a noisy corridor
d) marching with the school band
Show answer
a) tiptoeing past a sleeping baby
2. Why does a wildlife photographer need a stealthy approach?
a) so that the camera battery lasts longer
b) so that the car uses less fuel on the way
c) so that the animals stay calm and unaware
d) so that the pictures come out in colour
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c) so that the animals stay calm and unaware
