Synonyms for furtively
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : fur-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜr tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for furtively
- behind closed doors
- behind someone's back
- by stealth
- confidentially
- cunningly
- foxily
- hush-hush
- in camera
- in confidence
- in holes and corners
- in secret
- in strict confidence
- insidiously
- intelligently
- intimately
- o
- obscurely
- on the QT
- on the quiet
- on the sly
- privily
- secretly
- shiftily
- slyly
- sub rosa
- under the table
- under wraps
- undercover
- underhandedly
- unobserved
- wildcat
Définition of furtively
Origin :- late 15c.; from furtive + -ly (2).
- As in secretly : adv in hidden manner
- As in slyly : adv cleverly
- As in huggermugger : adv secretly
- As in covertly : adv clandestine, underhandedly
- Faust gave a little start and searched Dixon's face, furtively.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Chip held the creams to a walk and furtively watched his companion.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- If they watched me furtively whenever I went out of doors, I affected not to see it.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- That evening in his library, from my seat by the table, I furtively watched my father's face.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Not once did they suggest a meeting, nor did they ever furtively exchange a kiss.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- He poured out a drink of neat brandy, as well, and furtively swallowed it.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- And Old Jerry, too, 135 furtively touched his with the tip of his tongue.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- Clemens watched him furtively, till he could stand it no longer.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- Jabe furtively lifted the bark, and mumbled in it caressingly.
- Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Almayer looked at her furtively, but the face was as impassible as ever.
- Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad
Antonyms for furtively
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