Furtive

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  • adjective. Characterized by, acting with, or suggesting stealth or a desire to avoid discovery; surreptitious: synonym: secret.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Stolen; obtained by theft.
  • Stealthy; thief-like.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. stealthy
  • adjective. Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed
  • adjective. secret and sly or sordid
  • Word Usage
    "She must have heard my steps on the wood stairs, because by the time I walked through the door, she was sitting on the floor near the bed, looking at me with an expression of furtive innocence."
    Equivalent
    concealed  covert  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    assertive  
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