Question

Choose the meaning that best matches the word in italics.

The spies moved stealthily among the colonists, trying to gather information for the British leaders.
It takes the italics off the word I bring into the post box. The word "stealthily" is supposed to be in italics.

Answer 1

It seems that you have missed the given options to answer this question, but anyway, hope this will help. The word stealthily comes from the basic word stealth and this means cautious action or movement. And in the sentence, it is used as an adverb to describe the verb move. Meaning, his movement was very careful in order not to be seen or heard. Hope this helps.