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English Dictionary: furtive	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for furtive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
furtive 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" Synonym(s): furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior" Synonym(s): backstair, backstairs, furtive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furtive \Fur"tive\, a. [L. furtivus, fr. furtum theft, fr. fur thief, akin to ferre to bear: cf. F. furtif. See {Fertile}.] Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look. --Prior. A hasty and furtive ceremony. --Hallam.