Definitions
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- noun The quality of being
furtive
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously
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Examples
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They had been carrying on their Tuesday morning affair for almost two years now and though Mr Malik had never had an affair, he supposed that a certain furtiveness was necessary to achieve full satisfaction in these things.
Excerpt: A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson 2008
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At that moment she saw Gil Huntley beckoning to her with a frantic kind of furtiveness that was a fair mixture of pinched-together eyebrows and slight jerkings of the head, and a guarded movement of his hand that hung at his side.
Jean of the Lazy A 1915
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Competition in exploration often develops an atmosphere of suspicion and furtiveness which is highly unfavorable to coöperative efforts.
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At that moment she saw Gil Huntley beckoning to her with a frantic kind of furtiveness that was a fair mixture of pinched-together eyebrows and slight jerkings of the head, and a guarded movement of his hand that hung at his side.
Jean of the Lazy A B. M. Bower 1905
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This furtiveness is not helpful in a time of high public anxiety.
Now for the Slaughter Peggy Noonan 2010
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This furtiveness is not helpful in a time of high public anxiety.
Now for the Slaughter Peggy Noonan 2010
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As for single women, I suppose less furtiveness means less shock.
Chicagoo 2010
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This furtiveness is not helpful in a time of high public anxiety.
Now for the Slaughter Peggy Noonan 2010
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This furtiveness is not helpful in a time of high public anxiety.
Now for the Slaughter Peggy Noonan 2010
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This furtiveness is not helpful in a time of high public anxiety.
Now for the Slaughter Peggy Noonan 2010
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