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Furtive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Furtive? [adj] secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior" [adj] marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Furtive: backstair \| backstairs \| concealed \| covert \| lurking \| skulking \| sneak(a) \| sneaky \| stealthy \| surreptitious Related Terms \| Find terms related to Furtive: artful \| back-door \| backstairs \| calculating \| chiseling \| clandestine \| collusive \| conspiratorial \| covert \| covinous \| crafty \| cunning \| deceitful \| doggo \| false \| falsehearted \| feline \| finagling \| foxy \| fraudulent \| guileful \| hidden \| hidden out \| hidlings \| hole-and-corner \| hugger-mugger \| in ambush \| in hiding \| in the wings \| indirect \| insidious \| lurking \| on tiptoe \| private \| privy \| prowling \| pussyfoot \| pussyfooted \| quiet \| scheming \| secret \| secretive \| sharp \| shifty \| skulking \| slinking \| slinky \| slippery \| sly \| sneaking \| sneaky \| stealing \| stealthy \| surreptitious \| treacherous \| trickish \| tricky \| two-faced \| under cover \| under the table \| undercover \| underground \| underhand \| underhanded \| under-the-counter \| under-the-table \| unobtrusive \| untrustworthy \| waiting concealed \| wily See Also \| Furtive In Webster's Dictionary \Fur"tive\, a. [L. furtivus, fr. furtum theft, fr. fur thief, akin to ferre to bear: cf. F. furtif. See {Fertile}.] Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look. --Prior. A hasty and furtive ceremony. --Hallam.

Furtive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Furtive?

[adj] secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"
[adj] marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows"

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Furtive In Webster's Dictionary

\Fur"tive\, a. [L. furtivus, fr. furtum theft, fr. fur
thief, akin to ferre to bear: cf. F. furtif. See {Fertile}.]
Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret;
stealthy; as, a furtive look. --Prior.

      A hasty and furtive ceremony.            --Hallam.

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