OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 5798

furtive

/ˈfɜːtɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
furtivo • sigiloso
Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy.
All women have their foibles. Wise husbands must bear and forbear. Is that all? wherefore, then, is her aspect so furtive, wherefore on his a wild, vigilant sternness?
So, Riderhood looking after him as he went, and he with his furtive hand laid upon the dagger as he passed it, and his eyes upon the boat, were much upon a par.