All 13 Uses of
furtive
in
Rebecca
- The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again, and that sense of fear, of furtive unrest, struggling at length to blind unreasoning panic — now mercifully stilled, thank God — might in some manner unforeseen become a living companion, as it had been before.†
Chpt 2
- I felt rather like someone peering through the keyhole of a locked door, and a little furtively I laid the book aside.†
Chpt 4
- And then the devil in one, like a furtive peeping Tom, tries to draw the cork.†
Chpt 5
- A furtive, scrambled farewell, because of her, and there would be a pause, and a smile, and words like 'Yes, of course, do write', and 'I've never thanked you properly for being so kind', and 'You must forward those snapshots', 'What about your address?'†
Chpt 6
- And the wild anxiety in the morning to hide all traces from the world, sponging with cold water, dabbing eau-de-Cologne, the furtive dash of powder that is significant in itself.†
Chpt 6
- I tried to cram the box furtively into my pocket, but I saw him glance at my hand in surprise.
Chpt 8 *furtively = taking pains to avoid being observed
- Somewhere, at the back of my mind, there was a frightened furtive seed of curiosity that grew slowly and stealthily, for all my denial of it, and I knew all the doubt and anxiety of the child who has been told, 'these things are not discussed, they are forbidden.'†
Chpt 11
- And, if Maxim was not with me, the hearing of them would be a furtive, rather painful pleasure, guilty knowledge learnt in the dark.†
Chpt 11
- He shambled to his feet grinning furtively, wiping his nose with the back of his hand.†
Chpt 13
- It was so furtive, the whole business.†
Chpt 13
- You had to stand at the end of the garden with your back turned to the rest, and one by one they crept nearer to you, advancing in short furtive fashion.†
Chpt 15
- This padding to and fro in my room with bare feet, the little furtive bursts of laughter, the stifled exclamations, reminded me of hanging up my stocking long ago.†
Chpt 16
- 'I always felt the solution would lie in Baker,' said Colonel Julyan; 'the furtive business of that appointment, and the way she never even told Mrs Danvers.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(furtive) taking pains to avoid being observed
or:
in a manner indicating nervousness (being cautious or appearing suspicious)