Defenition of the word furtive

• Defenition of the word furtive

  • Taking pains to avoid being observed.
  • secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"
  • 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"
  • secret and sly or sordid
  • marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

Synonyms for the word furtive

• • backstair
  • backstairs
  • cautious
  • clandestine
  • lurking
  • secret
  • secretive
  • skulking
  • sly
  • sneak
  • sneaky
  • stealthy
  • surreptitious

Similar words in the furtive

• • concealed
  • covert
  • furtive
  • furtively
  • furtiveness
  • furtiveness's

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