Thesaurus / furtively
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synonyms for furtively
- behind closed doors
- behind someone's back
- by stealth
- clandestinely
- confidentially
- covertly
- hush-hush
- in camera
- in confidence
- in holes and corners
- in secret
- insidiously
- in strict confidence
- intimately
- o
- obscurely
- on the Q.T.
- clandestinely
- covertly
- personally
- privately
- quietly
- stealthily
- surreptitiously
- behind closed doors
- behind someone's back
- by stealth
- confidentially
- hush-hush
- in camera
- in confidence
- in holes and corners
- in secret
- insidiously
- in strict confidence
- intimately
- obscurely
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- on the sly
- privily
- slyly
- sub-rosa
- underhandedly
- under the table
- unobserved
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use furtively in a sentence
The labels are just one of Apple’s new policies to give users more privacy at the possible expense of the app economy, which largely relies on collecting and selling furtively acquired user data.
WHY SOME LIKE APPLE’S NEW PRIVACY LABELS, DESPITE THEIR FLAWSSARA MORRISONFEBRUARY 19, 2021VOXWe don’t understand what it’s made of or what its properties are, but it’s out there in the celestial background, furtively holding the Milky Way together.
BRAIN’S ‘BACKGROUND NOISE’ MAY HOLD CLUES TO PERSISTENT MYSTERIESELIZABETH LANDAUFEBRUARY 8, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINEI still remember, years ago, furtively kissing my girlfriend in my childhood bedroom at my family’s during the holidays.
HULU’S ‘HAPPIEST SEASON’ PROVIDES QUEER HOLIDAY CHEERKATHI WOLFEDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEFirst off, there’s a big difference between furtively flowed mouth sex with George Clooney and having sex with George Clooney.
WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOUR WIFE SAYS SHE SLEPT WITH GEORGE CLOONEYEUGENE ROBINSONDECEMBER 8, 2020OZYI had barely seen another human for months, and those were mostly fellow face-masked shoppers on furtive grocery missions.
I MISSED BARS. SO I BUILT ONE IN MY OWN BACKYARD.NICK HEILOCTOBER 16, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEBrisley and Gunn, standing very close together on the bottom step of the stair to the third floor, watched the police furtively.
DOPESAX ROHMEROn calm days there came sinister vessels that sneaked furtively among the fleet.
THE CHEQUERSJAMES RUNCIMANHer eyes, veiled behind the long lashes of their drooping lids, followed him furtively.
MISTRESS WILDINGRAFAEL SABATINICash would sit and watch him furtively; but Bud was too engrossed with his own misery to notice it.
CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWERProfessor Theobald looked furtively round, as if seeking some one, or watching the effect of his conduct on Mrs. Temperley.
THE DAUGHTERS OF DANAUSMONA CAIRDWORDS RELATED TO FURTIVELY
- behind closed doors
- behind someone's back
- by stealth
- clandestinely
- confidentially
- covertly
- furtively
- hush-hush
- in camera
- in confidence
- in holes and corners
- in secret
- in strict confidence
- insidiously
- intimately
- obscurely
- on the Q.T.
- on the quiet
- on the sly
- personally
- privately
- privily
- quietly
- slyly
- stealthily
- sub-rosa
- surreptitiously
- under the table
- underhandedly
- unobserved
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.