surreptitious (i.e. a glance); secret, stealthy; sly, shifty
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Furtive Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutStolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look.
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. a hasty and furtive ceremony.
furtive
adj
1. 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" [syn: lurking, skulking, sneak(a) , sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious]
2. secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- a.l.guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior" [syn: backstair, backstairs]
Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) lurking, skulking, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious
(similar) concealed
2. secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior"
(synonym) backstair, backstairs
(similar) covert
Furtive Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Secrecy (also called clandestinity or furtiveness) is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups, perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret.
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