English

Adjective

furtive ‎(comparative more furtive, superlative most furtive)

1. Stealthy.
2. Exhibiting guilty or evasive secrecy.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p31

     But that was merely a piece of furtive knowledge which he happened to possess because his memory was not satisfactorily under control.

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• (stealthy): surreptitious
• See also Wikisaurus:covert

Derived terms

• furtively
• furtiveness

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyʁtiv/

Adjective

furtive

1. feminine singular of furtif

Italian

Adjective

furtive

1. feminine plural of furtivo

Latin

Adjective

furtive

1. masculine vocative singular of fūrtīvus

References

• furtive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• furtive in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “furtive”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.