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A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously.
furtiveness
sneakiness
furtiveness
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.
1
It's not part of this
'
sneakiness
'
in the same way necessarily.
2
The
sneakiness
has hardened recently because nowadays many African players have Premier League experience.
3
My attempts at
sneakiness
were rendered pointless when a flock of pterodactyls flanked me.
4
That was some major league
sneakiness
,
Dame Honor.
5
That's just another example of your
sneakiness
.
1
There was a
stealthiness
in the performance that roused him to vigilance.
2
He raised the sash with stealthy caution, wondering at his own
stealthiness
.
3
No particular keenness was required to see in these forms a sentinel-like
stealthiness
.
4
He stooped and picked it up, a certain
stealthiness
apparent in his movement.
5
After this walking was easier, but
stealthiness
made their progress slow.
6
He drew near with a certain
stealthiness
,
fearing to startle her.
7
Its fixed, staring eye, its snake-like
stealthiness
,
bid you be on your guard.
8
The Doctor, who had taken off his shoes, followed him with catlike
stealthiness
.
9
His companion, on the other hand, moved with incredible
stealthiness
.
10
I proceeded with an animal-like
stealthiness
,
with which cool reason had nothing to do.
11
The movement had in it something of the
stealthiness
of an animal crouching to spring.
12
Your
stealthiness
has made the ass bray at us instead of with and for us.
13
The awakening was almost feline in its
stealthiness
.
14
There was a snake-like
stealthiness
in her appearance, which Alfred's mother saw across the room and trembled.
15
Then with the
stealthiness
of a cat he opened the door and peered into the hall, listening intently.
16
I rose, assumed a catlike
stealthiness
,
to keep from waking Livy, and proceeded to dress in the pitch-dark.
stealthiness
catlike stealthiness
certain stealthiness
cease the stealthiness
curious stealthiness
incredible stealthiness