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furtively

[fur-tiv-lee] / ˈfɜr tɪv li /
ADVERB
covertly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clandestinely secretly surreptitiously
WEAK
by stealth hush-hush in camera in holes and corners on the Q.T. on the quiet on the sly privately slyly stealthily sub-rosa under wraps undercover wildcat
Antonyms
WEAK
candidly frankly honestly openly overtly publicly
ADVERB
huggermugger
Synonyms
WEAK
behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth clandestinely confidentially covertly hush-hush in camera in confidence in holes and corners in secret in strict confidence insidiously intimately o obscurely on the Q.T.
ADVERB
secretly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clandestinely covertly personally privately quietly stealthily surreptitiously
WEAK
behind closed doors behind someone's back by stealth confidentially 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 privily slyly sub-rosa under the table underhandedly unobserved
Antonyms
STRONGEST
publicly
WEAK
openly
ADVERB
slyly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
shrewdly
STRONG
craftily cunningly foxily
WEAK
insidiously intelligently secretly shiftily stealthily

Example Sentences

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I spotted one man with a hammer and a flashlight looking furtively around my son’s neighborhood.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2025

Some at the top of the Labour Party are beginning to think, if a little furtively, of the aftermath of 4 July, too.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2024

What’s not taught is that it hurts, as if a little creature is furtively rubbing your vocal cords with sandpaper.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023

“Why, I ain’t never even been near a college!,” she says, after trying furtively to sneak away with her suitcase.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

Thus my thoughts, dazed and confused, injecting pain where there was numbness; and my mind, furtively touching the edges of realisation, then fleeing from it in terror.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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