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Textual thesaurus for "furtive"

(adj) backstair, backstairs

secret and sly or sordid

backstairs gossip; his low backstairs cunning- A.L.Guerard; backstairs intimacies; furtive behavior


(adj) stealthy, surreptitious, sneak, sneaky

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed

a furtive manner; a sneak attack; stealthy footsteps; a surreptitious glance at his watch