The meaning of Furtive

adjective

Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.

Usage examples:

She deserved better than these clandestine meetings

adjective

Planned or done in secret

Usage examples:

A clandestine meeting, the virus clandestinely burrowed its way into computers across the globe.

verb

Dress in a cloak.

Usage examples:

They sat cloaked and hooded

noun

A sleeveless outdoor overgarment that hangs loosely from the shoulders.

Usage examples:

He threw his cloak about him

noun

A cloakroom.

Usage examples:

Ground-floor accommodation comprises hall, cloaks, lounge, kitchen

adjective

Relating to or suggestive of a secret plan made by a group of people to do something unlawful or harmful.

Usage examples:

There are several who think this is some sort of vast conspiratorial plot on the part of the press

adjective

Relating to a secret plan to do something bad, illegal, or against someone's wishes

Usage examples:

They exchanged conspiratorial glances.

adjective

Not openly acknowledged or displayed.

Usage examples:

Covert operations against the dictatorship

noun

A thicket in which game can hide.

Usage examples:

I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts.

adjective

Hidden or secret

Usage examples:

Covert military operations

adjective

Past participle of hide1.

verb

Put or keep out of sight.

Usage examples:

He hid the money in the house

adjective

Used to describe costs that are not normally included in the original price of something, or are not normally considered when judging something

Usage examples:

Hidden charges/costs/extras, hidden fees/penalties, there are the hidden costs of climate change th…

adverb

In a confused, untidy way that lacks order

Usage examples:

The paintings were hung hugger-mugger on the walls., i grew up with eight siblings all living hugge…

abbreviation

Second(s).

contraction

Is.

Usage examples:

It's raining

prefix

(used chiefly in oaths) god's.

Usage examples:

'sblood

adjective

Not known or seen or not meant to be known or seen by others.

Usage examples:

How did you guess i'd got a secret plan?

noun

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

Usage examples:

A state secret

noun

A piece of information that is not generally known or is not known by someone else and should not be told to others

Usage examples:

We don’t keep secrets from each other., don’t tell anyone – it’s a secret., what’s the secret of yo…

adjective

(of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information.

Usage examples:

She was very secretive about her past

adjective

Not wanting others to know, or done privately so that others do not know

Usage examples:

Secretive dealings, she’s secretive about her age.

adjective

Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature.

Usage examples:

A sly, manipulative woman

adjective

Not letting others know true opinions or intentions, or dishonest

Usage examples:

She thought that by being sly, she could fool people., a cat can be a very sly animal., he winked s…

adjective

Furtive; sly.

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Sneaky, underhand tactics

adjective

Behaving or done in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.

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Stealthy footsteps

adjective

Quiet and careful in order not to be seen or heard

Usage examples:

Stealthy footsteps, the cat's movements were chillingly stealthy as it stalked its prey., he tried …

adjective

Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

Usage examples:

Low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen

adjective

Done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing

Usage examples:

A surreptitious glance

adverb

Beneath the surface of the ground.

Usage examples:

Miners working underground

adjective

Situated beneath the surface of the ground.

Usage examples:

An underground car park

noun

An underground railway, especially the one in london.

Usage examples:

Travel chaos on the underground

adjective

Acting or done in a secret or dishonest way.

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Underhand dealings

adjective

(done) by moving the arm from back to front with the hand below shoulder level and with the inner part of the hand facing forward

Usage examples:

An underhand toss

adjective

Done secretly, and sometimes dishonestly, in order to achieve an advantage

Usage examples:

This is an underhand attempt to resume commercial whaling., insurers have been accused of using und…

adjective

Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.

Usage examples:

His wily opponents

adjective

Quick to think of things, having a very good understanding of situations and possibilities, and often willing to use tricks to achieve an aim

Usage examples:

A wily hunter