by stealth
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The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.
The Ninja, as you know, operates by stealth. And so, case in point: I put out records... no one hears them! I make videos... (whispers) no one sees! I go on tour.... (whispers) no one knows! NINJA! I was never here!
We will not take this nation by storm or by stealth or by surprise. We will win it by work.
Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.
TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth.
I think, in a written novel, the way in which you play with the readers' emotion or the way in which you engage the readers' emotions can be very indirect. You could come at it through irony or comedy, etcetera, and you could capture people's sympathies and feelings kind of by stealth if you like.