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[ fur-tiv ] / ˈfɜr tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR furtive ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivetaken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance. sly; shifty: a furtive manner. Origin of furtive1480–90; <Latin furtīvus, equivalent to furt(um) theft (compare fūr thief) + -īvus-ive SYNONYMS FOR furtive1 clandestine, covert. 2 underhand, cunning. SEE SYNONYMS FOR furtive ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM furtivefur·tive·ly, adverbfur·tive·ness, nounWords nearby furtivefurtherance, further education, furthermore, furthermost, furthest, furtive, Furtwängler, furuncle, furunculoid, furunculosis, furunculus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for furtiveHe fancied himself a Marxist, lived in rooming houses under aliases and was a furtive, nasty man. Read This Book to Understand Lee Harvey Oswald|Joseph Finder|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST Here is real, unmistakable nastiness of a fetid, furtive kind, whispered in corners after a cautious glance over the shoulder. Can the Holocaust be Funny?|Tom Doran|April 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST The handwriting clearly belonged to an unstable, conniving, furtive, shallow creep. The John Edwards Verdict Waiting Game|Diane Dimond|May 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST And it is Mark and Scott—not “Chad and Ted”—who partake of cigarettes and “furtive man-on-man action.” Best New York Times Corrections Ever: 'The Shining,' Twilight Sparkle & More|Josh Dzieza|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Sanger turned birth control from a furtive, underground pursuit into an international movement. What Happened to Labor?|Michael Kazin|September 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST Sham Rao cast a furtive, timid look round him; and his voice, when he answered our questions, was somewhat tremulous. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan|Helena Pretrovna Blavatsky Again the priest and the doctor stole a furtive glance across the young minister's head. The Damnation of Theron Ware|Harold Frederic Impelled by the strength of her love, from time to time she casts a furtive glance upon the face of her lover. The Tiger Hunter|Mayne Reid The girl must have been sensible of my furtive regards, for at last she laid down the sewing and looked up sharply. The Mistress of Bonaventure|Harold Bindloss Knowing that in the interval of getting phone connections they would be beset with furtive questions from a curious executive. David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
British Dictionary definitions for furtive
adjectivecharacterized by stealth; sly and secretive Derived forms of furtivefurtively, adverbfurtiveness, nounWord Origin for furtiveC15: from Latin furtīvus stolen, clandestine, from furtum a theft, from fūr a thief; related to Greek phōr thief Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to furtiveclandestine, covert, surreptitious, conspiratorial, artful, calculating, cautious, circumspect, cloaked, crafty, creepy, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, hidden, hush-hush, insidious, masked |