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furtive
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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)
  • 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
  • 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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  • "Something furtive," Aunt Alexandra said.  (source)
    furtive = hidden
  • Furtively, I wipe my cheeks with my arm.  (source)
    Furtively = as though hoping not to be seen
  • 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.
  • the goblin shot him a look that was both furtive and challenging.  (source)
    furtive = indicating nervousness (about guilt)
  • Gita is standing with her friends and waves to him furtively.  (source)
    furtively = nervously
  • He could go to jail and not feel imprisoned, for he had already seen the furtiveness in the eyes of his jailer, free to say, "No, suh," and smile, for he had already killed three white men.  (source)
    furtiveness = nervousness
  • He could discern furtive movements in the shadows.  (source)
    furtive = taking pains to avoid being observed
  • But as luck would have it, he noticed that Sofia's gaze had shifted almost furtively toward something behind him.  (source)
    furtively = as though hoping not to be noticed
  • ...with that air which had nothing whatever of furtiveness in it nor even defiance,  (source)
    furtiveness = discomfort at hiding something
  • threw an occasional furtive glance behind them.  (source)
    furtive = in a manner indicating nervousness
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