All 3 Uses of
furtive
in
The Handmaid's Tale
- Nobody talks much, though there is a rustling, and the women's heads move furtively from side to side: here, shopping, is where you might see someone you know, someone you've known in the time before, or at the Red Center.†
Chpt 5 *furtively = while taking pains to avoid being observed; or in a nervous manner (as though hoping not to be seen)
- Isn't she quaint, Luke would say to me, and my mother would look sly, furtive almost.†
Chpt 20
- If it were eating it would be the gluttony of the famished; if it were sex it would be a swift furtive stand-up in an alley somewhere.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
taking pains to avoid being observed
or:
in a manner indicating nervousness (being cautious or appearing suspicious)
or:
in a manner indicating nervousness (being cautious or appearing suspicious)