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furtiveness Definition


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furtive
adj
    1. Secretive; stealthy; sly.
      Example: a furtive glance
      Thesaurus: secret, clandestine, covert, hidden, surreptitious, stealthy, conspiratorial, cloaked, sly, sneaky, evasive, elusive, shifty, underhand, back-door, backstairs, slinking; Antonym: open.
Derivative: furtively
adverb
    Derivative: furtiveness
    noun
      Etymology: 15c: from Latin furtivus stolen, clandestine.



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