All 3 Uses of
furtive
in
The Shining
- He was thinking about ...about... Danny looked furtively behind him at the kitchen window. Sometimes thinking very hard made something happen to him.
Chpt 1 *furtively = nervously
- His hand reached out and stroked the room's doorknob, almost furtively.†
Chpt 3
- And he didn't know the right words to express the creeping, lassitudinous sense of terror he had felt when he heard the dead aspen leaves begin to crackle furtively down there in the cold darkness.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(furtive) taking pains to avoid being observed
or:
in a manner indicating nervousness (being cautious or appearing suspicious)