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Covertly vs Stealthily - What's the difference?

covertly | stealthily |

As adverbs the difference between covertly and stealthily

is that covertly is in a covert manner, secretly while stealthily is in a stealthy manner, furtively.

covertly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a covert manner, secretly.

    • stealthily

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a stealthy manner, furtively.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 5
    • So intent was he upon this personal appraisement of his features that he did not hear the parting of the tall grass behind him as a great body pushed itself stealthily through the jungle; nor did his companion, the ape, hear either, for he was drinking and the noise of his sucking lips and gurgles of satisfaction drowned the quiet approach of the intruder.