Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
STEALTHIER
STEALTHY
furtive, sneak, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious
(adjective) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; “a furtive manner”; “a sneak attack”; “stealthy footsteps”; “a surreptitious glance at his watch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
stealthier
comparative form of stealthy
Anagrams
• earthliest, theralites
Source: Wiktionary
STEALTHY
Stealth"y, a. [Compar. Stealthier; superl. Stealthiest.]
Definition: Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly. [Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . . Moves like a ghost. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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