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Definition of Furtive
1. Adjective. Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed. "A surreptitious glance at his watch"
Similar to: Concealed
Derivative terms: Furtiveness, Sneak, Sneak, Sneak, Sneakiness, Stealth, Stealthiness
2. Adjective. Secret and sly or sordid. "Furtive behavior"
Definition of Furtive
1. a. Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look.
Definition of Furtive
1. Adjective. stealthy ¹
2. Adjective. Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Furtive
1. stealthy [adj] - See also: stealthy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furtive
Literary usage of Furtive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language by Isaac Nordheimer (1842)
"... furtive is employed only when a strong guttural is preceded by a heterogeneous
vowel, that is, another than a ; for with that vowel it readily coalesces ..."
2. A Grammar of the Hebrew Language by George Bush (1839)
"Paltak furtive never appears under the Guttural j$, because this letter at the
end of a ... from the office which they perform, termed furtive vowels (§ 8. ..."
3. Hebrew Grammar with a Copious Syntax and a Praxis by Moses Stuart (1821)
"But in case other vowels remain, a furtive ... furtive, because at the end of
words it is quiescent. ..."
4. A New Practical Hebrew Grammar with Hebrew-English and English-Hebrew by Solomon Deutsch (1868)
"This Patach does not belong to the form of the word, therefore it falls away when
the word is lengthened : as fin , 'fin * It is called Patach furtive ..."
5. A grammar of the Hebrew language by Samuel Lee (1832)
"... for their enunciation; but here the (:) is dropped, as before, and the mark (-)
only remains. This mark, termed furtive ... reference to the furtive ..."
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