Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a furtive manner; stealthily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Stealthily by theft.
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- adverb In a
furtive manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a furtive manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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A tree-frog squeaks and grunts; some alert insect chirps, loud and clear; another calls furtively, in a dismal tone, half whisper, half whistle; a wallaby thuds ahead; a lizard makes a scatter among the leaves; a bird in fright flutters, blundering, among the leaves high overhead; the flying-foxes squeak and gibber among the fig-trees, as they say the ghosts did in the streets of Rome when great Caesar died.
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Police have reviewed hours of surveillance footage and found a white male in his 40s who looked 'furtively' toward the car with the bombs, Kelly said.
Donklephant 2010
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Shortly before being arrested, surveillance teams filmed Asha 'furtively' looking around as he dumped a binliner in a wheelie bin outside PAKS supermarket near his home in Stoke.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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Shortly before being arrested, surveillance teams filmed Asha 'furtively' looking around as he dumped a binliner in a wheelie bin outside PAKS supermarket near his home in Stoke.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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Shortly before being arrested, surveillance teams filmed Asha 'furtively' looking around as he dumped a binliner in a wheelie bin outside PAKS supermarket near his home in Stoke.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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Shortly before being arrested, surveillance teams filmed Asha 'furtively' looking around as he dumped a binliner in a wheelie bin outside PAKS supermarket near his home in Stoke.
Home | Mail Online 2008
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He could feel them all over him; glancing furtively at his sturdy shoulders and broad chest, watching the muscles in his stomach expand and contract with every breath.
The Company Man Stephen Carter 2011
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We have gone from furtively asking just a few decades ago, "Does she or doesn't she?"
The Changing Face Of Men: The Slippery Slope Of Cosmetic Surgery? 2011
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In the same clip, he's seen looking back in the direction of the smoking vehicle and furtively putting the first shirt in a bag.
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Corbis Although the number of publicly dissenting scientists is growing, many young scientists furtively say that while they also have serious doubts about the global-warming message, they are afraid to speak up for fear of not being promoted—or worse.
Arthurpod commented on the word furtively
"In the twilight, he sensed his peril sneaking furtively closer to him, though he did not know what it was."
Lord Foul's Bane
July 29, 2012