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Definition
taking pains to avoid being observed
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in a manner indicating nervousness (being cautious or appearing suspicious)
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in a manner indicating nervousness (being cautious or appearing suspicious)
- And so, furtively, timidly, in solitude, at night, I indulged in filthy vice, with a feeling of shame which never deserted me, even at the most loathsome moments, and which at such moments nearly made me curse.2.1 — Part 2 Chapter 1 (45% in)
- I went out of the tavern straight home, confused and troubled, and the next night I went out again with the same lewd intentions, still more furtively, abjectly and miserably than before, as it were, with tears in my eyes—but still I did go out again.2.1 — Part 2 Chapter 1 (53% in)
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