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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed;
- Example: "a furtive manner"
- Example: "a sneak attack"
- Example: "stealthy footsteps"
- Example: "a surreptitious glance at his watch"
[syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious]

2. secret and sly or sordid;
- Example: "backstairs gossip"
- Example: "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard
- Example: "backstairs intimacies"
- Example: "furtive behavior"
[syn: backstair, backstairs, furtive]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. --Prior.
   [1913 Webster]

         A hasty and furtive ceremony.            --Hallam.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

furtive
    adj 1: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to
           avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak
           attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at
           his watch" [syn: furtive, 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,
       furtive]