sigilosamente

From sigiloso +‎ -mente.

• IPA^(key): /sixiˌlosaˈmente/ [si.xiˌlo.saˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: si‧gi‧lo‧sa‧men‧te

sigilosamente

1. sneakily, secretively, discreetly

   Synonym: discretamente

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 11:

     […] pudo comprobar que de casa de la familia enemiga salía todas las noches una perra, cual entraba sigilosamentte en la habitación de la enfermera por una ventanilla que quedaba abierta.

     […] was able to prove that from the house of the enemy family every night left a dog, which stealthily entered the residence of the sick woman by a small window she had left open.

• “sigilosamente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024