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List of meaning for furtive

marked by quiet, caution, and secrecy

furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious(adj)

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"

backstair, backstairs, furtive(adj)

secret and sly or sordid

"backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"

given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions

a furtive guy who always seems to be up to something, and usually that something is no-good

undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others

gave each other furtive glances as we watched our friend open the booby-trapped soda

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