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Meanings of furtive in anglès
Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed.
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Sinònims
Examples for "sneak"
Examples for "sneak"
1
A clear view in every direction, no possibility of a sneak attack.
2
If so, an American sneak attack might set off a nuclear war.
3
Police had arrested 174 people for trying to sneak across the border.
4
Knight and DeJesus would sneak food to each other, this source said.
5
He managed to sneak straight into the house without my seeing him.
1
But Apple just confirmed large, stealthy price hikes which may change that.
2
I returned to the RSC by stealthy means a few years later.
3
There would be no long stealthy approach on foot through the snow.
4
So stealthy a deed was unknown in the history of the tourney.
5
This was the meaning of the stealthy midnight movement of the troops.
1
However, some rogue companies have found sneaky ways to bypass these measures.
2
I did ask Rachael a sneaky question tonight but it's not official.
3
And a sneaky moment that largely went unnoticed in the second half.
4
Which is why I had used the cobbs' intelligence to get sneaky.
5
COSMETIC surgery is no longer the sneaky, shameful secret it once was.
1
Invented in the 1950s, its surreptitious return in recent years is regrettable.
2
It was left outside his room by a smitten but surreptitious fan.
3
She went surreptitiously; this was the first surreptitious thing she had done.
4
The terrible apparition cried out to his surreptitious representative-Nay ,miscreant ;butone.
5
The occasion was low key, the departure of troops has been surreptitious.
Usage of furtive in anglès
1
He conceived the idea that there was something furtive in her movements.
2
The furtive quality in that quick peek sort of breaks Jack's heart.
3
The next thing you notice is the furtive look of the thief.
4
In his eyes shone the furtive, terrified light of the trapped criminal.
5
People looked furtive, and went in and out of the houses furtively.
6
He crouched down in the bows and stole a furtive glance back.
7
This program of furtive meetings in the hills would have to discontinue.
8
Harold and Sarah exchanged a furtive look: What should they tell him?
9
His demeanor was no longer that of a furtive, ever-wary sand dweller.
10
Methought I saw once more the furtive, shifty eyes of the maniac.
11
But furtive eyes soon relieved the artist from the charge of exaggeration.
12
Zeke stole a furtive look at the owner of the joyous voice.
13
But his furtive movements had not the serene impassibility of the somnambulist.
14
Something furtive in the round of the fellow's shoulders challenged his curiosity.
15
After a furtive glance along the street he crept into the temple.
16
The girls stared at the floor, or exchanged furtive glances of embarrassment.
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Furtive across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common