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furtive

[ fur-tiv ]

adjective

  1. taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret:

    a furtive glance.

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  2. a furtive manner.

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furtive

/ ˈɜːɪ /

adjective

  1. characterized by stealth; sly and secretive
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڳܰپԱ, noun
  • ˈڳܰپ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ڳܰ·پ· adverb
  • ڳܰ·پ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of furtive1

First recorded in 1480–90; from Latin ڳܰīܲ, equivalent to furt(um) “theft” (compare ū “thief”) + -īܲ -ive
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of furtive1

C15: from Latin ڳܰīܲ stolen, clandestine, from furtum a theft, from ū a thief; related to Greek ō thief
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Theirs is not a wholly furtive relationship, but it is not altogether an open one either.

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That made it close enough for him to make furtive trips to get belongings from his home.

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Few vehicles brave the abandoned boulevards; those that do move in furtive dashes: They barrel down the road, slow near the still-smoking ruins of a freshly struck building, then race away.

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Not exactly a secret, my complicated thoughts and feelings about my deeply personal connection to New York’s darkest day had always registered internally as something furtive.

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His constant furtive glances keep us questioning who this lithe young lad really is, to others and especially to himself.

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