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[ adverb ] in a furtive manner

Synonyms

on_the_sly

Examples

"the soldiers were furtively crawling through the night"

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

From the east to the west coast of the Korean_peninsula was a strip of land in which fear filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night , sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound , or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts .

Related terms

furtive furtive

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