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[ adjective ] marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

Examples

"a furtive manner" "a lurking prowler" "a sneak attack" "stealthy footsteps" "a surreptitious glance at his watch" "someone skulking in the shadows"

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

He suspected something underhanded and furtive about him .

Related terms

concealed

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[ adjective ] secret and sly or sordid

Examples

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

Related terms

covert

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