All 5 Uses of
furtive
in
The Fountainhead
- Shortly after six, Davis departed furtively from the empty drafting room, leaving Keating at his table.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- His furtive, infrequent urges drew him to the young, slim, full-bosomed, brainless girls—the giggling little waitresses, the lisping manicurists, the less efficient stenographers, the kind who wore pink or orchid dresses and little hats on the back of their heads with gobs of blond curls in front.†
Chpt 2.9
- He could find reality only in the evenings, when he slipped furtively up to Roark's apartment.†
Chpt 4.10
- He did not slip and it was not furtive, he told himself angrily—and knew that it was; even though he walked through the lobby of the Enright House and rode up in an elevator, like any man on a legitimate errand.†
Chpt 4.10
- There were no furtive glances, no whispered cuss words, no gossip in washrooms any longer.†
Chpt 4.13
Definition:
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(furtive) taking pains to avoid being observed
or:
in a manner indicating nervousness (being cautious or appearing suspicious)