Sample Sentences for
furtive
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    A small patch of earth beneath its branches was packed hard from many fights and furtive crap games.  (source)
    furtive = taking pains to avoid being observed
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    ...the rest of the class kept shooting furtive glances at him,  (source)
    furtive = intended not to be seen
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    For a moment his movements were almost furtive.  (source)
    furtive = taking pains to avoid being observed
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    He began taking furtive sips of the rice wine, little enough that its absence might not be missed.  (source)
    furtive = in a manner to avoid being observed
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    Furtively, I wipe my cheeks with my arm.  (source)
    Furtively = as though hoping not to be seen
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    a way of hiding from the youth, a furtiveness of person and motives that no eye could penetrate.  (source)
    furtiveness = a disposition to be stealthy (taking pains to avoid being observed)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    Sohrab looked down at his feet, but kept stealing shy, furtive glances at me.  (source)
    furtive = cautious (taking pains to avoid being observed)
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    She looked around furtively like she was delivering nuclear materials.  (source)
    furtively = in a nervous manner (as though hoping not to be seen)
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    It was one-thirty in the morning, but in spite of the hour and her turned-up coat collar, there was no air of furtiveness about her at all.  (source)
    furtiveness = not wanting to be seen
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    New Yorkers always had the feeling that their city was a target, and now it seemed, from the hunched shoulders and furtive glances on the streets outside, that the monster was rearing its head again.  (source)
    furtive = nervous
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    Escapees from earlier deportations had furtively returned to the ghetto with stories of trains filled with people entering a camp and leaving empty, even though the population of the camp never increased.  (source)
    furtively = as though hoping not to be seen
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    ...with that air which had nothing whatever of furtiveness in it nor even defiance,  (source)
    furtiveness = discomfort at hiding something
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    Although I hated myself when I did it, I couldn't help but sneak furtive peeks at her every chance I got.  (source)
    furtive = taking pains to avoid being observed
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