英语词汇“furtiveness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Furtiveness is being secretive about something. Your furtiveness will come in handy when you plan a surprise party for your brother.

Use the noun furtiveness when you describe the quality of being sly, or a tendency to be sneaky. You might, for example, be suspicious of your best friend's furtiveness when three of the cupcakes you baked go missing. Furtiveness comes from the adjective furtive, or secretive: its root is the Latin furtivus, "stolen, hidden, or secret," which in turn comes from furtum, "theft or robbery."

WORD FAMILY

furtive: furtively, furtiveness

USAGE EXAMPLES

And politically, it seems to stand as one more example of Clinton’s secrecy and furtiveness.

Slate(Mar 03, 2015)

Why, too, the seeming furtiveness with which the administration is transporting hundreds of these minors to various far-flung states?

Forbes(Jul 18, 2014)

It imposed a furtiveness on the loving done on it.

Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye(1970)

n a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously

Syn|Hyper

sneakiness, stealthiness

closeness, secretiveness

characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

单词	furtiveness
释义	furtiveness (once / 75765 pages) n Furtiveness is being secretive about something. Your furtiveness will come in handy when you plan a surprise party for your brother. Use the noun furtiveness when you describe the quality of being sly, or a tendency to be sneaky. You might, for example, be suspicious of your best friend's furtiveness when three of the cupcakes you baked go missing. Furtiveness comes from the adjective furtive, or secretive: its root is the Latin furtivus, "stolen, hidden, or secret," which in turn comes from furtum, "theft or robbery." WORD FAMILY furtive: furtively, furtiveness USAGE EXAMPLES And politically, it seems to stand as one more example of Clinton’s secrecy and furtiveness. Slate(Mar 03, 2015) Why, too, the seeming furtiveness with which the administration is transporting hundreds of these minors to various far-flung states? Forbes(Jul 18, 2014) It imposed a furtiveness on the loving done on it. Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye(1970) n a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously Syn\|Hyper sneakiness, stealthiness closeness, secretiveness characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
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