furtiveadj.

Brit.

/ˈfəːtɪv/, U.S.

/ˈfərdɪv/

Etymology: < French furtif, furtive, < Latin furtīvus, < fūr thief; compare furtum theft, furtim adverb, by stealth.

a. Done by stealth or with the hope of escaping observation; clandestine, surreptitious, secret, unperceived.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth

stolenc1400

secret1548

clandestine1566

stealed1577

backdoor1581

underhand1592

surreptitial1602

surreptitious?1615

furtive1628

surreptious1630

by1633

surreptive1633

subreptitious1641

surreptitious1645

postern1648

backstairs1663

smuggled1707

underneath1747

underhanded1806

hidlingsa1810

hole-and-corner1835

side door1862

under-cover1933

under the table1938

crafty1946

1490 [see furtively adv. at Derivatives].

1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 2 In wounds where no Gangrena may be expected..nor Furtiue Hemorage, &c.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada Stolen embraces and furtive births prov'd to be ever the best.

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 96 By a furtive simulation.

1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 423 Tender cares and mild domestic loves With furtive watch pursue her as she moves.

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 106 I noticed the same singular, and, as it were, furtive glance, over the shoulder.

1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xiii. 128 The proprietor of the house cowered over a bed-candle and a furtive tea-pot in the back drawing-room.

1877 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Aug. 156 It does not at once appear how the Canal could be secured against the furtive scuttling of ships.

b. Hebrew Grammar. (See quot. 1852.)

ΚΠ

1852 tr. F. H. W. Gesenius Hebrew Gram. 42 [Between a strong and unchangeable vowel and a final guttural] there is involuntarily uttered a hasty ă (Pathach furtive)..Analogous to this is our use of a furtive e before r after long [vowels]; e.g. here (sounded hē^er), fire (fi^er).

2. Of a person, etc.: Stealthy, sly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective]

privyc1230

thiefly1395

stalkinga1400

slyc1440

insidious1545

clanculary1563

hedge-creeping1579

thievish1587

sneaking1590

tiptoe1593

peaking1595

underworking1605

stealthya1616

subtlea1616

surreptitious?1615

clancular1621

stealthful?1624

insidiary1625

worming1631

subterranean1643

clancularious1656

hugger-mugger1692

slink1792

slinking1841

instealing1844

thief-like1847

furtive1859

1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. ii. xiv. 218 There was something furtive and sinister about the man.

1860 M. Arnold St. Brandan in Fraser's Mag. July 133 That furtive mien—that scowling eye.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 6 Eyeing him with furtive eyes.

3. Obtained by theft, stolen; also in milder sense, taken by stealth or secretly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking surreptitiously > [adjective] > taken surreptitiously

filched1567

furtive1718

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stolen

stolenc1380

stole1393

thief-stolen1551

bribed1552

lifted1559

embezzled1603

purloined1607

felon1631

rifled1638

furtive1718

stealed1883

crook1900

hot-stuffed1929

liberated1944

nicked1955

ripped1971

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 415 Do they [planets]..Dart furtive beams, and glory not their own?

1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 293 He clear'd, manur'd, enlarg'd the furtive ground.

1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. i. 25 The patches from which a furtive harvest was thus gathered.

1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 53 Columba's furtive copy from St. Finnian's psalter.

4. Thievish, pilfering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stealing or inclined to

bribering?1529

picking1535

thievish1538

prigging1567

felonous1570

thieving1598

Hungarian1608

theftuous1632

felonious1637

predacious1665

furacious1676

priggish1699

furtive1816

kleptic1865

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 30 Ants whose employment is to mine for gold and from whose vengeance the furtive Indian is constrained to fly on the swift camel's back.

1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxx. 514 The Highlander could not be absolutely trusted to withhold his furtive hand from the flocks of his chief's friend.

1885 That Very Mab viii. 129 The farmers were so much plagued by the furtive bird.

Derivatives

ˈfurtively adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]

softlyc1225

by stalea1240

privilya1250

slylyc1275

thieflyc1290

stealingly13..

by stealth1390

stalworthlya1400

theftfullyc1400

theftlyc1400

theftuouslyc1400

under veilc1425

thievishly?c1450

by theft1488

quietly1488

furtively1490

by surreption1526

hugger-muggera1529

in hugger-mugger1529

underhand1538

insidiously1545

creepingly1548

surreptiously1573

underboard1582

filchingly1583

sneakingly1598

underwater1600

slipperily1603

thief-likea1625

clandestinely1632

surreptitiously1643

thievously1658

clancularly1699

stownlins1786

stealthily1806

underhandedly1806

stolen-wise1813

on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818

round-the-corner1820

underhanded1823

stealthfully1828

slinkingly1830

slippingly1830

on the sneak?1863

sneakishly1867

behind backs1874

stalkingly1891

on the side1893

under the counter1926

underground1935

under the table1938

down and dirty1959

sneakily1966

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xix. 69 I wold not haue departed furtyuely out of thy land.

1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xxiv. 113 One lambent delicious fire, furtively shooting out from every part of it.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvi. 250 Sir Mulberry..had been furtively trying..to discover whence Kate had so suddenly appeared.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. viii. 133 My lady's pale-faced maid, who looked furtively under her white eye-lashes at the two young men.

1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic 211 The implied idea by which, whether furtively or explicitly, we console ourselves.

ˈfurtiveness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] > stealthy quality, stealthiness

insidiousnessa1677

clandestinity1682

sneakingnessa1691

subtleness1833

stealthiness1837

underhandedness1884

slinkiness1894

furtiveness1896

surreptitiousness1902

1896 Westm. Gaz. 4 Aug. 1/3 Strolling, as we do..through the press and bustle, we can sometimes capture a small hasty furtiveness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	furtive
释义	furtiveadj. Brit. /ˈfəːtɪv/, U.S. /ˈfərdɪv/ Etymology: < French furtif, furtive, < Latin furtīvus, < fūr thief; compare furtum theft, furtim adverb, by stealth. 1. a. Done by stealth or with the hope of escaping observation; clandestine, surreptitious, secret, unperceived. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth stolenc1400 secret1548 clandestine1566 stealed1577 backdoor1581 underhand1592 surreptitial1602 surreptitious?1615 furtive1628 surreptious1630 by1633 surreptive1633 subreptitious1641 surreptitious1645 postern1648 backstairs1663 smuggled1707 underneath1747 underhanded1806 hidlingsa1810 hole-and-corner1835 side door1862 under-cover1933 under the table1938 crafty1946 1490 [see furtively adv. at Derivatives]. 1628 J. Woodall Viaticum 2 In wounds where no Gangrena may be expected..nor Furtiue Hemorage, &c. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada Stolen embraces and furtive births prov'd to be ever the best. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 96 By a furtive simulation. 1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 423 Tender cares and mild domestic loves With furtive watch pursue her as she moves. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 106 I noticed the same singular, and, as it were, furtive glance, over the shoulder. 1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xiii. 128 The proprietor of the house cowered over a bed-candle and a furtive tea-pot in the back drawing-room. 1877 W. E. Gladstone in 19th Cent. Aug. 156 It does not at once appear how the Canal could be secured against the furtive scuttling of ships. b. Hebrew Grammar. (See quot. 1852.) ΚΠ 1852 tr. F. H. W. Gesenius Hebrew Gram. 42 [Between a strong and unchangeable vowel and a final guttural] there is involuntarily uttered a hasty ă (Pathach furtive)..Analogous to this is our use of a furtive e before r after long [vowels]; e.g. here (sounded hē^er), fire (fi^er). 2. Of a person, etc.: Stealthy, sly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] privyc1230 thiefly1395 stalkinga1400 slyc1440 insidious1545 clanculary1563 hedge-creeping1579 thievish1587 sneaking1590 tiptoe1593 peaking1595 underworking1605 stealthya1616 subtlea1616 surreptitious?1615 clancular1621 stealthful?1624 insidiary1625 worming1631 subterranean1643 clancularious1656 hugger-mugger1692 slink1792 slinking1841 instealing1844 thief-like1847 furtive1859 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. ii. xiv. 218 There was something furtive and sinister about the man. 1860 M. Arnold St. Brandan in Fraser's Mag. July 133 That furtive mien—that scowling eye. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 6 Eyeing him with furtive eyes. 3. Obtained by theft, stolen; also in milder sense, taken by stealth or secretly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking surreptitiously > [adjective] > taken surreptitiously filched1567 furtive1718 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stolen stolenc1380 stole1393 thief-stolen1551 bribed1552 lifted1559 embezzled1603 purloined1607 felon1631 rifled1638 furtive1718 stealed1883 crook1900 hot-stuffed1929 liberated1944 nicked1955 ripped1971 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 415 Do they [planets]..Dart furtive beams, and glory not their own? 1729 R. Savage Wanderer i. 293 He clear'd, manur'd, enlarg'd the furtive ground. 1864 J. F. Kirk Hist. Charles the Bold (U.S. ed.) I. i. 25 The patches from which a furtive harvest was thus gathered. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 53 Columba's furtive copy from St. Finnian's psalter. 4. Thievish, pilfering. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stealing or inclined to bribering?1529 picking1535 thievish1538 prigging1567 felonous1570 thieving1598 Hungarian1608 theftuous1632 felonious1637 predacious1665 furacious1676 priggish1699 furtive1816 kleptic1865 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 30 Ants whose employment is to mine for gold and from whose vengeance the furtive Indian is constrained to fly on the swift camel's back. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxx. 514 The Highlander could not be absolutely trusted to withhold his furtive hand from the flocks of his chief's friend. 1885 That Very Mab viii. 129 The farmers were so much plagued by the furtive bird. Derivatives ˈfurtively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xix. 69 I wold not haue departed furtyuely out of thy land. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xxiv. 113 One lambent delicious fire, furtively shooting out from every part of it. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvi. 250 Sir Mulberry..had been furtively trying..to discover whence Kate had so suddenly appeared. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret I. viii. 133 My lady's pale-faced maid, who looked furtively under her white eye-lashes at the two young men. 1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic 211 The implied idea by which, whether furtively or explicitly, we console ourselves. ˈfurtiveness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] > stealthy quality, stealthiness insidiousnessa1677 clandestinity1682 sneakingnessa1691 subtleness1833 stealthiness1837 underhandedness1884 slinkiness1894 furtiveness1896 surreptitiousness1902 1896 Westm. Gaz. 4 Aug. 1/3 Strolling, as we do..through the press and bustle, we can sometimes capture a small hasty furtiveness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1490
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