move stealthily vs sidle

move stealthily

sidle

verb
  • In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner. 

  • To (cause something to) move sideways. 

noun
  • A furtive advance. 

  • A sideways movement. 

How often have the words move stealthily and sidle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )