Associations to the word «Furtive»
Noun
- Expression
- Swift
- Brow
- Harrington
- Anxiety
- Proprietor
- Sudden
- Dark
- Cast
- Corner
- Haste
- Lip
- Silence
- Gather
- Deep
- Face
- Polly
- Shoulder
- Cellar
- Steal
- Bent
- Quick
- Window
- Creature
- Alley
- Secret
- Companion
- Dart
- Sprang
- Grin
- Alarm
- Fence
- Stair
- Guilt
- Door
- Crossing
- Rag
- Countenance
- Step
- Instant
- Keeping
- Hatred
- Elevator
- Terror
- Hat
- Something
- Darkness
- Passion
- Corridor
- Conversation
- Forehead
Adjective
Wiktionary
FURTIVE, adjective. Stealthy
FURTIVE, adjective. Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
Dictionary definition
FURTIVE, adjective. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch".
FURTIVE, adjective. Secret and sly or sordid; "backstairs gossip"; "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard; "backstairs intimacies"; "furtive behavior".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.