furtive

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈfɜːtɪv/
• (Australia) IPA: [ˈfɜːɾɪv]
• (America) IPA: [ˈfɝ.ɽɪv]

Adjective

furtive

1. Stealthy.
2. Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p31

     But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.

Synonyms

• (stealthy) surreptitious
• See also Thesaurus:covert

Related terms

• ferret

Translations

• French: furtif, subreptice
• German: heimlich, geheim, tarnen
• Italian: furtivo
• Portuguese: furtivo
• Russian: скры́тный
• Spanish: furtivo, sigiloso

Translations

• Portuguese: furtivo

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