Stealthily in Malayalam
കാണാതെ (kanathe) means without being seen, and that is the usual way of saying stealthily. It is the verb of seeing with a negative ending, pronounced ka-na-the. One word does the work of unnoticed, secretly and stealthily.
Most common translation
Unnoticed, secretly, stealthily.
കുട്ടി അമ്മ കാണാതെ മിഠായി എടുത്തു.
kutti amma kanathe midhaayi eduthu
The child took a sweet without mother seeing.
All Malayalam words for “stealthily”
- കാണാതെ (kanathe) — Unnoticed, secretly, stealthily.
- നിശ്ശബ്ദം (nishabdam) — Silently, stealthily.
നിശ്ശബ്ദം (nishabdam) is silently, which overlaps with stealthily only when the quiet is the point; കാണാതെ (kanathe) is about not being seen.
Common questions
How do you say stealthily in Malayalam?
Stealthily is കാണാതെ (kanathe).
Is kanathe negative in tone?
Not by itself. It states only that something happened unseen, and whether that is sly or merely discreet depends on the rest of the sentence.