furtive

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furtive Definition

• (s) marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a lurking prowler"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"; "someone skulking in the shadows"
• (s) secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"

furtive Synonyms

• backstair
• backstairs
• furtive
• lurking
• skulking
• sneak(a)
• sneaky
• stealthy
• surreptitious