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A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously.
stealthiness
sneakiness
1
There was scurrying and there was
furtiveness
,
and suddenly I saw flames.
2
About him was a
furtiveness
of the wilds, not guilty but protective.
3
They had the
furtiveness
of wild dogs and looked half starved themselves.
4
The Queen looked at her husband with shrewd and kindly
furtiveness
.
5
Perhaps a kind of public surreptitiousness, a quite open
furtiveness
,
had troubled him.
6
He saw in this only the essential
furtiveness
,
inconsistency, and superstition of the female.
7
There was an odd
furtiveness
in her bearing that struck Dinah on the instant.
8
He was unshaven, and his eyes shone with the
furtiveness
of some hunted animal.
9
The Jews before them were casualties of starvation and had the
furtiveness
of hunted animals.
10
His actions were so strange; they hinted at
furtiveness
.
11
He regarded Lilly with a
furtiveness
prompted solely by a desire not to appear audacious.
12
When he left her her once clear, careless glance had a suggestion of
furtiveness
in it.
13
There was
furtiveness
in every gesture and expression.
14
The others smiled with varying degrees of
furtiveness
.
15
There was almost a schoolgirl's
furtiveness
about her.
16
There is no
furtiveness
about their morning drink.
furtiveness
have the furtiveness
be furtiveness
apparent furtiveness
certain furtiveness
culinary furtiveness