adverb/sixiˌlosaˈmente/
sneakily, secretively, discreetly
“[…] 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.” — [Someone] was able to prove that a dog from the enemy family’s house left every night, which stealthily broke into the residence of the sick woman by a small window that she had left open.
Synonyms: discretamente
Etymology tree Spanish sigiloso Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Italic *mentis Latin mēns Old Spanish -mente Spanish -mente Spanish sigilosamente From sigiloso + -mente.