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furtively
adverb as in covertly
adverb as in huggermugger
adverb as in secretly
adverb as in slyly
Strongest match
Example Sentences
She glanced furtively at the closed door and lowered her voice.
No one who watched is likely to forget Rubio’s awkward stare as he furtively reached for a water bottle, cementing his reputation as the thirstiest man in the U.S.
John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert, the attorney general—how’s that for independence!—furtively directed the Internal Revenue Service to audit right-wing radio personalities who criticized the administration.
Indeed, students spoke furtively of the dark arts of circumvention.
I spotted one man with a hammer and a flashlight looking furtively around my son’s neighborhood.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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