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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : fur-tiv |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜr tɪv |
Definition of furtiveness
Origin :- late 15c. (implied in furtively), from French furtif, from Latin furtivus "stolen, hidden, secret," from furtum "theft, robbery," from fur (genitive furis) "thief," probably from PIE *bhor-, from root *bher- (1) "to carry" (see infer). Related: Furtiveness.
- noun stealth
- He did so more because he wished not to pain her than from furtiveness.
- Extract from : « The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- Furtiveness—complete disappearance if possible—is the whole point.
- Extract from : « Mushroom Town » by Oliver Onions
- It was the furtiveness of it rather than the fact itself that troubled him.
- Extract from : « Dangerous Days » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- When he left her her once clear, careless glance had a suggestion of furtiveness in it.
- Extract from : « Love Stories » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- My grandmother noticed a furtiveness in his manner when he received them.
- Extract from : « Tramping on Life » by Harry Kemp
- He was unshaven, and his eyes shone with the furtiveness of some hunted animal.
- Extract from : « The Lighted Way » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- She had but little of the curiosity of the flirt, and none of the intrigante's joy in furtiveness.
- Extract from : « Main Street » by Sinclair Lewis
- And there was some haste in his slouching, loose-jointed gait which gave to his journey a suggestion of furtiveness.
- Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum
- The mountaineer is, by nature, secretive to furtiveness, and under so outright a questioning the visitor stiffened with affront.
- Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
- The sound of a crackled twig off to the right had come to their ears, and it was a sound that carried the quality of furtiveness.
- Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
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