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Definition of Furtively
1. Adverb. In a furtive manner. "The soldiers were furtively crawling through the night"
Definition of Furtively
1. adv. Stealthily by theft.
Definition of Furtively
1. Adverb. In a furtive manner. ¹
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Definition of Furtively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furtively
Literary usage of Furtively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The School World (1905)
"tary school child is furtively on the defensive against his classmates, ever
uneasily wondering whether some misfortune may not presently come to him from ..."
2. Where Flows Hood River by Marion Cook Stow, Marion Cook (1907)
"waving canopy of tangled green Above my head: I gather the bright leaves And pin
them, stem-wise, into festive wreaths, Admiring furtively their glossy ..."
3. The Works of Lawrence Sterne: In Four Volumes, with a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1873)
"... paternal uncle! but one lambent delicious fire, furtively shooting out from
every part of it, in all directions, into thine. If thou lookest, uncle Toby ..."
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