Associations to the word «Furtive»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
FURTIVE, adjective. Stealthy
FURTIVE, adjective. Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
Dictionary definition
FURTIVE, adjective. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch".
FURTIVE, adjective. Secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior".
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