artful, conspiratorial, false, hidden, in the wings, prowling, sharp, sneaking, tricky, underground
Definitionadj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
Last update: August 17, 2016
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Chanakya planned his work in a furtive manner. [adjective]
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She had been watching him with furtive glances, waiting for the signal to approach. [adjective]
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He gave a furtive look at the deserted shops on the opposite side of the road. [adjective]
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As they held their silent way along the margin of the pond, again Heyward and the scout stole furtive glances at its appalling dreariness. [adjective]
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(Calling encouraging words he shambles back with a furtive poacher's tread, dogged by the setter into a dark stalestunk corner.) [adjective]
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In the gap of her dark den furtive, rainbedraggled, Bridie Kelly stands. [adjective]
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He stood a moment unseeing by the cold black marble bowl while before him and behind two worshippers dipped furtive hands in the low tide of holy water. [adjective]
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And with a furtive glance at his son's face, the count went out of the room. [adjective]
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This softness was suspicious; it hinted at furtive goings and comings, silent entrances and exits of nocturnal men, and the wolf-like tread of crime. [adjective]
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Furtive he was not, yet seeming to crouch for a spring; not savage, yet primed for savagery; not cruel, yet quick on the affront, and on the watch for it. [adjective]
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He pushed it gently with the tip of his finger, lightly, with the furtive and uneasy gentleness of a cat which is desirous of entering. [adjective]
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